Among individuals, the most certain way to make a Man your Enemy, is to tell him you esteem him such; so with public bodies

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department of government than I am; but I have never yet been able to discover the propriety of placing it absolutely out of the power of men to render essential services

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends