The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.

Great souls by instinct to each other turn, demand alliance, and in friendship burn.

There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it.

The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

Every man in the time of courtship and in the first entrance of marriage, puts on a behavior like my correspondent's holiday suit.

I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what be calls a zeal for his religion is either pride, interest, or ill-repute.

Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet.