Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom..

A man cannot govern a nation if he cannot govern a city; he cannot govern a city if he cannot govern a family; he cannot govern a family unless he ca….

By undertaking many things, I have accomplished nothing..

Men rush to arms for slight causes, or no cause at all, and once taken up there is no longer any respect for law, divine or human..

I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or none at….

A state is a perfect body of free men, united together to enjoy common rights and advantages..

Tis long ere time can mitigate your grief; To wisdom fly, she quickly brings relief..

Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves..

Even God cannot make two times two not make four..

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing..