I have had many anxieties for our commonwealth, principally occasioned by the depreciation of our money.

It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.

Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps?

It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

All life is linked together in such a way that no part of the chain is unimportant. Frequently, upon the action of some of these minute beings depends the material success or failure of a great commonwealth.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power... the battle, sir, is not to the strong alone it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.