The State, In Choosing Men

No One Rises So High As He Who Knows Not Whither He Is Going.

Keep Your Faith In God, But Keep Your Powder Dry.

That Which Brought Me Into The Capacity I Now Stand In, Was The Petition And Advice Given Me By You, Who, In Reference To The Ancient Constitution, Did Draw Me Here To Accept The Place Of Protector. There Is Not A Man Living Can Say I Sought It, No Not A Man, Nor Woman, Treading Upon English Ground.

Do Not Trust The Cheering, For Those Persons Would Shout As Much If You Or I Were Going To Be Hanged.

Work Hard, Trust In God, And Keep Your Bowels Open.