I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

Oh the wonderful knowledge to be found in the stars. Even the smallest things are written there ... if you had but skill to read.

To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers.