[the Federal Convention] Is Really An Assembly

The Care Of Human Life And Happiness, And Not Their Destruction, Is The First And Only Object Of Good Government.

I Am Conscious That An Equal Division Of Property Is Impracticable, But The Consequences Of This Enormous Inequality Producing So Much Misery To The Bulk Of Mankind, Legislators Cannot Invent Too Many Devices For Subdividing Property.

Music, Drawing, Books, Invention & Exercise Will Be So Many Resources To You Against Ennui.

It Is Incumbent On Every Generation To Pay Its Own Debts As It Goes. A Principle Which If Acted On Would Save One-half The Wars Of The World.

It Is In Our Lives And Not Our Words That Our Religion Must Be Read.