I hope some future day will bring me the happiness of seeing my family again collected under our own roof, happy in ourselves and blessed in each other.

May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.

What is the history of mighty kingdoms and nations, but a detail of the ravages and cruelties of the powerful over the weak?

The heart is long, very long in receiving the convictions that is forced upon it by reason... affection still lingers in the Bosom, even after esteem has taken its flight.

I acknowledge myself a unitarian

History is not a web woven with innocent hands. Among all the causes which degrade and demoralize men, power is the most constant and most active.

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.