There ought to be system of manners in every nation which a well-formed mind would be disposed to relish. To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
Genuine simplicity of heart is a healing and cementing principle.
A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.
A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.
The public interest requires doing today those things that men of intelligence and good will would wish, five or ten years hence, had been done.