I agree with you that it is the duty of every good citizen to use all the opportunities, which occur to him, for preserving documents relating to the history of our country.

It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific

None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and disciplined is therefore at all times important.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.

Laws provide against injury from others; but not from ourselves.

I do not know whether you are fond of chemical reading. There are some things in this science worth reading.

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.