"Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential tha…"

"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."

"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."

"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."

"The foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality."