"amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a young Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man."

"The greatest good we can do our country is to conquer the spirit of party."

"I am embarked on a wide ocean, boundless in its prospect, and in which, perhaps, no safe harbor is to be found."

"how unkind it was of Noah now I have mentioned his name to suffer such a brood of Vermin to get a birth in the Ark"

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."