"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."

"I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy."

"The Army, as usual, are without Pay; and a great part of the Soldiery without Shirts; and tho' the patience of them is equally thread bear, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries."

"No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States."

"It is to be regretted, that the long experience of the world has not yet been able to extinguish the dangerous flame of party animosities; or to inspire the inhabitants of civilised countries with a m…"