Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues.

No One Is Without Their Difficulties, Whether In High, Or Low Life, & Every Person Knows Best Where Their Own Shoe Pinches.

How Difficult The Task To Quench The Fire And The Pride Of Private Ambition, And To Sacrifice Ourselves And All Our Hopes And Expectations To The Public Weal! How Few Have Souls Capable Of So Noble An Undertaking!

I Am More And More Convinced That Man Is A Dangerous Creature.

These Are The Times When A Genius Wants To Live.

A People Fired ... With Love Of Their Country And Of Liberty, A Zeal For The Public Good, And A Noble Emulation Of Glory, Will Not Be Disheartened Or Dispirited By A Succession Of Unfortunate Events. But Like Them, May We Learn By Defeat The Power Of Becoming Invincible.