"I am sensible that I am not without my faults; but I am conscious of an honest intention."

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light."

"I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck, and sit like patience on a monument whilst they are delineating the lines of my face. It is a proof am…"

"The unfortunate condition of the persons whose labour in part I employed has been the only unavoidable subject of regret."

"I am unwilling to be the only man in whom the love of my Country is not the ruling principle."