Be easy and condescending in your deportment to your officers, but not too familiar, lest you subject yourself to a want of respect, which is necessary to support a proper command.

While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals... can possibly be a true Christian.

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants-while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.

Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.

As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit.

It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.