A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

I am very glad to hear that the Gardener has saved so much of the St foin seed, & that of the India Hemp. Make the most you can of both, by sowing them again in drills... Let the ground be well prepared, and the Seed (St foin) be sown in April. The Hemp may be sown any where.

Because of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth.

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first arrangement of the Judicial department as essential to the happiness of our Country, and to the stability of its political system.

To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.

The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.

Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters let it be somewhat grave.