Let what will be said or done, preserve your sang-froid immovably, and to every obstacle, oppose patience, perseverance, and soothing language.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty, than those attending too small a degree of it.

Delay is preferable to error.

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited …

Anger repressed can poison a relationship as surely as the cruelest words.

In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.

With patient inattention hear him prate.