Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing.
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
A promise must never be broken.
Those who do not industrialize become hewers of wood and haulers of water.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, That makes human nature rise above itself, in act of bravery and heroism.
Learn to think continentally.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
When the sword is once drawn, the passion of men observe no bounds of moderation.
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
Man is reasoning rather than a reasonable, animal.
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
I think the first duty of society is justice.
A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.
Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rules, but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
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