May 12-13: Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole by Swamp. August 7: Began to separate the Male from the Female at Do - rather too late.

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another.

Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.

It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.

To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.