“Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited”

“I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ”

“Agriculture for an honorable and high-minded man, is the best of all occupations or arts by which men procure the means of living”

“There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.”

“To each saint his candle”

“There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. ”