No man complains of his neighbor for ill management of his affairs, for an error in sowing his land, or marrying his daughter, for consuming his substance in taverns ... in all these he has liberty; but if he does not frequent the church, or then conform in ceremonies, there is an immediate uproar.

Take painsto write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one.

The Bible makes the best people in the world.

I like to see the people awake and alert.

Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family.

If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption.

No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another; and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him.