“I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish”

“Men willingly believe what they wish”

“Property is the fruit of labor - property is desirable - it is a positive good in the world. That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and hence is just encouragement to industry and enterprise”

“You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know”

“Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside desperate to get out”

“The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”