I am now eased in my finances and replenished in my wardrobe.

The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before?

From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger.

What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousand savages to our extensive Republic, studded with cities, towns, and prosperous farms, embellished with all the improvements which art can devise or industry execute.

To the victors belong the spoils.

Temporize not! It is always injurious.

This season has been full of rewards. The dinners and banquets just keep on coming. It's great. We want to carry it on as long as we can.