A government of laws, and not of men.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

There is in the Congress a collection of the greatest men upon this continent in point of abilities, virtues, and fortunes

The universal object and idol of men of letters is reputation.

The numbers of men in all ages have preferred ease, slumber, and good cheer to liberty, when they have been in competition.

The happiness of man, as well as his dignity, consists in virtue.

This oration will be read five hundred years hence with as much rapture as it was heard. It ought to be read at the end of every century, and indeed at the end of every year, forever and ever.

Education makes a greater difference between man and man than nature has made between man and brute.