If we expect to inherit the blessings of our Fathers, we should return a little more to their primitive Simplicity of Manners.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.

The only chance for much intellectual improvement in the female sex, was to be found in the families of the educated class and in occasional intercourse with the learned.

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.