Benjamin Franklin: “You have conferred as much honour on the chair you fill, as the chair has conferred on you.”

But it seems not of so much importance, whether the fighting be done by John or Thomas, or the tax paid by William or Charles.

The rest depends on a man's own industry and virtue.

In all cases where the strength of the whole was necessary to be used against the enemy, there would be the same difficulty in degree, to bring the several unions to unite together, as now the several colonies; and consequently the same…

Few of their Children in the Country learn English . . . The Signs in our Streets have Inscriptions in both Languages, and in some places only [their language] . . . In short, unless the Stream of their Importation could be turned…