"unless someone pops in unexpectedly-Mrs. Washington and myself will do what I believe has not been done within the last twenty years by us, that is to sit down to dinner by ourselves."

"I consider the War as over, and I am preparing to return to that domestic walk of life, in which I have been so long happy."

"I have always walked a straight line, and I have always spoken my sentiments without fear or affection."

"The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you."

"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."