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.

My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold.

Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise.

A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own.

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.