Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's mind, than on the externals in the world.
To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite.
Idleness is disreputable under any circumstances; productive of no good, even when unaccompanied by vicious habits.
It is not uncommon in prosperous gales to forget that adverse winds blow.
Economy in all things is as commendable in the manager, as it is beneficial and desirable to the employer.
It is unfortunate when men cannot or will not see danger at a distance; or seeing it, are undetermined in the means which are necessary to avert or keep it afar off.
Every man who is in the vigor of life ought to serve his country in whatever line it requires, and he is fit for.
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do this, but that will wear off; and the practice will produce a rich harvest forever thereafter, whether in public or in private walks of life.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.
The very idea of the power and right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would be found that the censure so freely bestowed is oftentimes unmerited and uncharitable.
Where is the man to be found who wishes to remain indebted for the defense of his own person and property to the exertions, the bravery, and the blood of others, without making one generous effort to repay the debt of honor and gratitude?
There is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.