From candlelight to early bedtime, I read.

Say nothing of my religion. It is known to God and myself alone.

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.

Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.

Perfection in wisdom, as well as in integrity, is neither required nor expected in these agents (public servants). It belongs not to man. The wise know too well their weaknesses to assume infallibility; and he who knows most, knows best how little he knows.

The opinions of men are not the object of civil government, nor under its jurisdiction.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.