In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent.

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Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

A steady patriot of the world alone, The friend of every country but his own.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly foe, bold I can meet, perhaps may...

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me,...