All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.

The greatest homage to truth is to use it.

Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure.

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as two sides of an algebraic equation.