Went to church and fasted all day.
I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.
A man’s intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.
Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.
Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can’t have one without the other.
To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
At a distance from the theater of action, truth is not always related without embellishment.
Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.
The investigation of mathematical truths accustoms the mind to method and correctness in reasoning, and is an employment peculiarly worthy of rational beings.
We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.
My death has not yet quite arrived, but it is near and inevitable as night follows day.
Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mohometans, Jews or Christians of any Sect, or they may be Atheists.
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
Working on your biceps? Try chopping down a cherry tree.
The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint efforts and common dangers, sufferings, and successes.
The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.
Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to.
Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.