Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one.

I have given up newspapers in exchange for Tacitus and Thucydides, for Newton and Euclid; and I find myself much the happier.

They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people.

The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.

Question with boldness even the existence of a god.

Public employment contributes neither to advantage nor happiness. It is but honorable exile from one's family and affairs.

A government regulating itself by what is wise and just for the many, uninfluenced by the local and selfish views of the few who direct their affairs, has not been seen, perhaps, on earth. Or if it existed for a moment at the birth of ours, it would not be easy to fix the term of its continuance. Still, I believe it does exist here in a greater degree than anywhere else; and for its growth and continuance... I offer sincere prayers.