My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses.
Government governed least is government governed best.
I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial.
Health is value greater than studying.
In the environment, every victory is temporary, every defeat permanent.
among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the beauties of their originals ... I think myself more indebted to my father for this, than for all the other luxuries his cares and affections have placed within my reach.