"When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary."

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right."

"The independence of America, considered merely as a commercial object, is an object of no inconsiderable magnitude."

"The strength of a nation does not consist in the extent of its territory, but in the extent of its commerce."

"The only religion that can stand the test of time is that which is founded on the immutable principles of good and evil."