"I am glad to hear that my old acquaintance Colonel Ward is yet under the influence of vigorous passions. I will not ascribe the intrepidity of his late enterprise to a mere flash of desires, because i…"

"If you are going to get anywhere in life you have to read a lot of books."

"I had rather be in my grave than in the most splendid situation, if I could not serve my country with honor."

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world."

"Mrs Washington Says that she has wrote all the news she Could get (and ladies you know are never at a loss)."