A community is like the ones who govern it.

The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.

In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.

A true friend is a sort of second self.

Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way.

I am much beholden to old age, which has increased my eagerness for conversation in proportion as it has lessened my appetites of hunger and thirst.

Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.