Commerce With All Nations, Alliance With None,

Money, Not Morality, Is The Principle Commerce Of Civilized Nations.

Books Constitute Capital. A Library Book Lasts As Long As A House, For Hundreds Of Years. It Is Not, Then, An Article Of Mere Consumption But Fairly Of Capital, And Often In The Case Of Professional Men, Setting Out In Life, It Is Their Only Capital.

Cultivators Of The Earth Are The Most Virtuous And Independent Citizens.

When Tempted To Do Any Thing In Secret, Ask Yourself If You Would Do It In Public.

I Have The Consolation Of Having Added Nothing To My Private Fortune During My Public Service, And Of Retiring With Hands Clean As They Are Empty.