I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Snowy winter, a plentiful harvest.

The best doctor gives the least medicines.

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.