Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

May Heaven to this Union continue its beneficence

There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.

Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels’ should be the slogan of every farmer.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite, but, that it is not every one who asketh that deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving may suffer.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.