If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.

The pure and benign light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind.

Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust.

Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.