I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it is not given our fallen nature to understand.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.