Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?

The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.

A people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.

The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.

To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate the differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite.

Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels’ should be the slogan of every farmer.