To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.

There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready; and such as will be content to partake of them are always welcome. Those, who expect more, will be disappointed, but no change will be effected by it.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.

Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.

I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.