Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

The issuing power [of money] should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

I wish to see this beverage become common instead of the whiskey which kills sone-third of our citizens and ruins their families.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.

From breakfast, or noon at the latest, to dinner, I am mostly on horseback, Attending to My Farm or other concerns, which I find healthful to my body, mind, and affairs.

A good neighbor is a very desireable thing.