» It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. [Dec. 14, 1977]
» I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares.
» Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
» The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
» If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
» A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
» Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
» True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
» It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
» We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.