“I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come…”

“Many a time, . . . from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.”

“For one man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong…”

“The uttered part of a man's life, let us always repeat, bears to the unuttered, unconscious part a…”

“For solitude sometimes is best society, And short retirement urges sweet return.”

“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”