If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen

These Are Times In Which A Genius Would Wish To Live. It Is Not In The Still Calm Of Life, Or The Repose Of A Pacific Station, That Great Characters Are Formed.

The Reins Of Government Have Been So Long Slackened, That I Fear The People Will Not Quietly Submit To Those Restraints Which Are Necessary For The Peace And Security Of The Community.

Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues.

Many Of Our Disappointments And Much Of Our Unhappiness Arise From Our Forming False Notions Of Things And Persons.

The Character Which A Youth Acquires In The Early Part Of His Life Is Of Great Importance Towards His Future Prosperity-one False Step May Prove Irretrievable To His Future Usefulness.