The worst day in a man's life is when he sits down and begins thinking about how he can get something for nothing.

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis & Clarke for exploring the river Missouri, & the best communication from that to the Pacific ocean, has had all the success which could have been expected.

Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.

No other depositories of power [but the people themselves] have ever yet been found, which did not end in converting to their own profit the earnings of those committed to their charge.

To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.