To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate the differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite.

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

It is in vain, I perceive, to look for ease and happiness in a world of troubles.

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

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

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.