Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child, grown or adult, as the most atrocious crimes, are to any of us.

A lawyer is a gentleman that rescues your estate from your enemies and then keeps it for himself.

Education makes a people easy to lead but difficult to drive easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

War is a crime which involves all other crimes.

It is well to read everything of something, and something of everything.

Pursuit of knowledge under difficulties.

Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful; make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child, grown or adult, as the most atrocious crimes, are to any of us.