“If men be good, government cannot be bad.”

“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it.”

“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed”

“Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.”

“No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.”

“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”

“This is the comfort of the godly: the grave cannot hold them, and they live as soon as they die.For death is no more than turning us over from time to eternity.”