Beside all the moral benefit which we may expect from the farmer's profession, when a man enters it considerately, this promised the conquering of the soil, plenty, and beyond this, the adorning of the country with every advantage and ornament which labor, ingenuity, and affection for a man's home, could suggest.

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

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

But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world.

To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

I like people who like Plato.