Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.