Force makes hypocrites, 'tis persuasion only that makes converts.

    - in "England's Present Interest Considered", 1675

The first step in making a dream come true is to wake up.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Why is it that those who are the quickest to judge are often those in possession of the fewest facts?

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will often be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all.