Our All is at Stake, and the little Conveniencys and Comforts of Life, when set in Competition with our Liberty, ought to be rejected not with Reluctance but with Pleasure.

There is a Passion natural to the Mind of man, especially a free Man, which renders him impatient of Restraint.

We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.

I determined to spend the Remainder of my Days in privacy and Retirement with my Children, from whose Society alone I cou'd expect Comfort.