The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.

The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.

We must consult our means rather than our wishes.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny