“ Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed. ”

“ A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. ”

“ If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. ”

“ Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. ”

“ From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the 'Pilgrim's Progress,' my first collection was of John Bunyan's works in separate little volumes. ”

“ A place for everything, everything in its place. ”

“ One today is worth two tomorrows. ”

“ We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. ”

“ In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. ”

“ Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. ”