"I had rather be at Mount Vernon with a friend or two about me, than to be attended at the Seat of Government by the Officers of State and the Representatives of every Nation."

"I have always walked a straight line, and I have always spoken my sentiments without fear or affection."

"Shift that fat-ass Henry, slowly, or you will swamp the damn boat."

"If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work?"

"It is well known that when I was in the service of my country, I never spared myself; and I do not mean to do it now."