True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

No one is wise at all times.

The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.

I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye.