It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an Honest Man.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.