War should neither be feared nor provoked.
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye.
...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.