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

I acknowledge myself a unitarian

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.

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.

Every object is beautiful in motion; a ship under sail, trees gently agitated with the wind, and a fine woman dancing, are three instances in point

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

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.