Establish The Eternal Truth That Acquiescence Under

The Most Uninformed Mind With A Healthy Body Is Happier Than The Wisest Valetudinarian.

May It Be To The World... To Assume The Blessings And Security Of Self-government.

Had Not A Conviction Of The Danger To Which An Unlimited Occupation Of The Executive Chair Would Expose The Republican Constitution Of Our Government, Made It Conscientiously A Duty To Retire When I Did, The Fear Of Becoming A Dotard And Of Being Insensible Of It, Would Of Itself Have Resisted All Solicitations To Remain.

The Creator Has Not Thought Proper To Mark Those In The Forehead Who Are Of Stuff To Make Good Generals. We Are First, Therefore, To Seek Them Blindfold, And Then Let Them Learn The Trade At The Expense Of Great Losses.

The Bible Makes The Best People In The World.