 A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. |
| It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic. |
| In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will. |
| In the usual progress of things, the necessities of a nation in every stage of its existence will be found at least equal to its resources. |
| Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. |
| A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. |
| Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint. |
| Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will. |
| Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. |
| You should not have taken advantage of my sensibility to steal into my affections without my consent. |
| I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man. |
| The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right. |
| Learn to think continentally. |
| Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things. |
| Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing. |
| In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men the great difficulty lies in this: You must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself. |
| A promise must never be broken. |
| There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. |
| When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. |
| Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives. |
