Tyrants Seldom Want Pretexts.

He That Accuses All Mankind Of Corruption Ought To Remember That He Is Sure To Convict Only One.

Circumspection And Caution Are Part Of Wisdom.

I Decline The Election. It Has Ever Been My Rule Through Life, To Observe A Proportion Between My Efforts And My Objects. I Have Never Been Remarkable For A Bold, Active, And Sanguine Pursuit Of Advantages That Are Personal To Myself.

A Disposition To Preserve, And An Ability To Improve, Taken Together, Would Be My Standard Of A Statesman.

Nothing Is So Fatal To Religion As Indifference.