Benjamin Franklin: “You despise us too much; and you are insensible of the Italian adage, that there is no little enemy.”

An ancient sage valued himself upon this, that though he could not fiddle, he knew how to make a great city of a little one.

The Indian trade would be better regulated by the union of the whole than by partial unions.

For a piece of baize, or a pot full of brandy, or the like, they could get a piece of ground, which at present would be worth more than 290l. sterling." Ib.

But let us take a cool view of the general state of our affairs, and perhaps the prospect will appear less gloomy than has been imagined.