“There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all…”

“A man who works for another is not going to be paid any more than he is worth;…”

“For where 's the state beneath the firmament That doth excel the bees for government?”

“It is the duty of all persons, when affairs are the most prosperous, then in especial to reflect…”

“They that on glorious ancestors enlarge, Produce their debt instead of their discharge.”

“Men who prefer any load of infamy, however great, to any pressure of taxation, however light.”