I feel much alarmed at the prospect of seeing General Jackson President. He is the most unfit man I know for such a place.

[F]alsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good dispositions.

Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace

It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most.

Malice will always find bad motives for good actions. - Shall we therefore never do good?

The plough is to the farmer what the wand is to the sorcerer. Its effect is really like sorcery.

I steer my bark with hope in the head, leaving fear astern. My hopes indeed sometimes fail, but not oftener than the forebodings of the gloomy.