True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
It is better to be alone than in bad Company.
Heaven itself has ordained the right.
To persevere in one's duty and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
It (gaming) is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
Actions, not worlds, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
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