Beer, if drank with moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit, and promotes health.

My affections were first for my own country, then, generally, for all mankind

I sincerely congratulate you on the arrival of the mockingbird. Learn all the children to venerate it as a superior being in the form of a bird, or as a being which will haunt them if any harm is done to itself or its eggs.

I cannot live without books.

Health is the requisite after morality

We never repent of having eaten too little.

All power is inherent in the people.