Amid All Your Duties, Keep Some Hours

Would That The Simple Maxim, That Honesty Is The Best Policy, Might Be Laid To Heart; That A Sense Of The True Aim Of Life Might Elevate The Tone Of Politics And Trade Till Public And Private Honor Become Identical.

No Temple Can Still The Personal Griefs And Strifes In The Breasts Of Its Visitors.

There Are Noble Books But One Wants The Breath Of Life Sometimes. And I See No Divine Person. I Myself Am More Divine Than Any I See I Think That Is Enough To Say About Them.

I Now Know All The People Worth Knowing In America, And I Find No Intellect Comparable To My Own.

As To Marriage, I Think The Intercourse Of Heart And Mind May Be Fully Enjoyed Without Entering Into This Partnership Of Daily Life.