"Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language."

"To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches."

"He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason."

"A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age."

"In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body."

"The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth."

"Her grandmother, as she gets older, is not fading but rather becoming more concentrated."

"He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence."

"History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other alternatives."

"There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty."

"He who confers a favor should at once forget it, if he is not to show a sordid ungenerous spirit. To remind a man of a kindness conferred and to talk of it, is little different from reproach."

"The peaceful transfer of authority is rare in history, yet common in our country. With a simple oath, we affirm old traditions and make new beginnings."