Never do anything for anyone who can just as well do it themself

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.