Nothing marks the change from the city to the country so much as the absence of grinding noises. The country is never silent. But its sounds are separate, distinct, and as it were, articulate.

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.

Discover what you are.

Undoubtedly we render our consciences callous by evil indulgences; but we cannot entirely subdue that still, small voice.

No matter who reigns, the merchant reigns.