"I am a man of the world, and I have seen enough of it to know that there is no such thing as perfect happiness."

"The acquisition of wealth, property, and reputation, is the engine of all industry and enterprise."

"I am a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief."

"Without a debt, there would be no reason for a nation to exist."

"Constitutions are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but to endure for ages."