Washington ■p r . * i Hi WASHINGTON YEAR BOO K| Class _4L.5/2. Book. GopyrigM „ mi8 COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. ^l)£ Was!)ltt3tort year i&ook February SIXTEENTH My first wish is to do for the best. SEVENTEENTH The presidency has no enticing charms and no fascinating allure- ments for me. EIGHTEENTH I have no object separated from the general welfare to promote. NINE TEENTH The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them. TWENTIETH The benign influence of good laws under a free government is the ever favorite object of my heart. ^?l)£ Washington ty ear 3£ook Tfebruar? TWENTY-FIRST I have never been indisposed to do whatever might be in my power in favor of those whose misfortunes have been unavoid- ably brought upon them without any fault of their own. TWENTY-SECOND If I had been permitted my first and fondest wish, I should have remained in a private station. TWENTY- THIRD Happy is he who gets the berth nearest the fire! TWENTY- FOURTH No reception can be so congenial to my feelings as a quiet entry devoid of ceremony. TWENTY-FIFTH I have to the utmost of my knowl- edge consulted the good of my country. f^-x ^>[)l)£ Was I) uta, to tt ^car i&ook 5tlarcl) SIXTEENTH In a government as free as ours, allowances must be made for oc- casional effervescences. SE VENTEENTH We are all the children of the same country. EIGHTEENTH Suspicions unfounded and jeal- ousies too lively are irritating to honest feeling. NINETEENTH If private wealth is to supply the defect of public retribution, it will greatly contract the sphere within which the selection of characters for office is to be made. TWENTIE TH Keep every one in their places and to their duty. ^>l)e Washington ^ear 3£ook 3ttarcl) TWENTY-FIRST Housekeeping, under any circum- stances and with the best econ- omy, is expensive. TWENTY-SECOND A steady perseverance, and our spirited exertions, will put things right again. TWENTY- THIRD No nation has a right to inter- meddle in the internal concerns of another. TWENTY-FOURTH True friendship is a plant of slow growth. TWENTY-FIFTH While we are encircled in one band we shall possess the strength of a giant and there will be none who can make us afraid. r> ^>l)£ Washington Vear i&ook 3ZtarcI) TWENTY- SI XTH More satisfaction would have re- sulted from a conversation of an hour or two, than from all the letters that can be written. TWENTY- SEVENTH Be candid and explicit. TWENTY-EIGHTH Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. TWENTY-NINTH Though unconscious of intentional error, I am too sensible of my de- fects not to think it probable that £ I have committed many errors. THIRTIE TH No hedge will do for a safe en- closure where two or four footed hogs find it convenient to open a passage. THIRTY-FIRST Whatever is done should be well done. We have errors to correct. FIRS T We must take human nature as we find it. SECOND A character is valuable to all men, and not less so to a spec- ulator. THIRD I have spent a greater part of my life, and that not the least pleas- ing, in rural affairs. FOURTH Preserve good faith and an un- biassed conscience, and leave the rest to the good sense of our own citizens. FIFTH Nothing short of self-respect, and that justice which is essential to national character, ought to in- volve us in war. ^l)c Washington ^ear %ook April SIXTH If nothing impeaching my honor or honesty is said, I care little for the rest. SEVENTH It is absolutely necessary, if you mean to make any figure upon the stage, that you should take the first steps right. EIGHTH Men in responsible situations can not, like those in private life, be governed solely by the dictates of their own inclination. NINTH Infallibility not being the attribute of man, we ought to be cautious in censuring the opinions and conduct of one another. TENTH Make justice and impartiality the lines by which to walk. X3I)£ Washington $^ear i&ook April ELEVENTH Two or three years of good crops and a ready market put every one in good humor; and in some in- stances they even impute to gov- ernment what is due only to the goodness of Providence. TWELFTH To attempt to please everybody is the surest way to please nobody. THIRTEENTH To delay justice is to deny it. FOURTEENTH Nothing but experience can dem- onstrate golden dreams to be the vision only of an uninformed or indigested imagination. FIFTEENTH r The more there are above you, the greater your exertions should be to ascend. ^I)e Washington ^ear %ooK April SIXTEENTH The malevolence of man is not to be avoided. SEVENTEENTH Let there be no change in the Constitution by usurpation. EIGHTEENTH I am no more disposed to squan- der than to stint. NINETEENTH Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. TWENTIETH The multiplication of useful ani- mals is a common blessing to mankind. TWENTY-FIRS T Never let an indigent person ask 'j without receiving something, if you have the means. 'Ctye Washington Vear 3Jook TWENTY-SECOND It is by no means my desire that you should exercise more than is good for your health. TWENTY- THIRD Our general government can never be in any danger of degen- erating into a monarchy, an oli- garchy, an aristocracy, or any other despotic or oppressive form, so long as there shall remain any virtue in the body of the people. TWENTY-FOURTH Nothing should be bought which can be made or done without. TWENTY-FIFTH Decency and cleanliness will al- ways be the first objects in the dress of a judicious and sensible man. TWENTY- SIXTH Wisdom and good example are necessary. r?l)e Washington $?ear 3&ook TWENTY- SEVENTH It would be repugnant to the vital principles of our government to exclude from public trusts talents and virtues unless accompanied by wealth. TWENTY-EIGHTH It is not difficult for a person who has no ground on which to expect a thousand cents to talk with facility and ease of his expectation of receiving ten times as many dollars. TWENTY-NINTH Providence will not suffer the dis- contented among ourselves to produce more than a temporary interruption to the permanent peace and happiness of this rising empire. THIRTIETH There is a very wide difference between getting tenants and get- ting rent. Men's minds are as variant as their faces. ^>l)£ Washington, ^ear 3£ook FIRST The commonalty err more through ignorance than design. SECOND Discriminate the spirit of liberty from that of licentiousness, cher- ishing the first, avoiding the last. THIRD The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments of government in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism. FOURTH Distinguish between oppression and the necessary exercise of authority. FIFTH Let the reins of government be braced and held with a steady hand. Td\)l)e \#asl)ina,t:on $J ear ^ook 5Uar ELEVENTH Pass by no faults or neglects, for overlooking one only serves to generate another. TWELFTH I only wish, whilst I am a servant of the people, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern myself accordingly. THIRTEENTH Can any instance be given, where the public has sold any com- modity upon as good terms as individuals have done it? FOURTEENTH Inveterate antipathies toward par- ticular nations and passionate at- tachments for others should be excluded. FIFTEENTH Men are extremely wanted. X3l>e >ff asi)ington year !&ook ^^ SIXTEENTH I never say anything of a man that I have the slightest scruple of saying to him. SEVENTEENTH Nothing short of good sense and an easy, unaffected conduct can draw the line between prudery and coquetry. EIGHTEENTH The prosperity of our country will always have the first place in my thoughts. NINETEENTH I earnestly pray that the Om- nipotent Being . . . will never yield so fair a heritage of free- dom [America] a prey to anarchy or despotism. TWENTIETH It is not easy for a man to throw the first stone without having it returned to him. Cl)e Wasfyin^tort ^ear i&ook 3tta? TWENTY-FIRST The mass of our citizens require no more than to understand a question to decide it properly. TWENTY- SECOND Light reading may amuse for the moment, but it leaves nothing solid behind. TWENTY- THIRD Guard against imbibing hasty and unfavorable opinions of any one. TWENTY-FOURTH Talkativeness and vanity may be humored. TWENTY-FIFTH If it can be esteemed a happiness to live in an age productive of great and interesting events, we of the present age are highly favored. TWENTY- SIXTH Be courteous to all, but intimate with few. ^>l)£ Washington ^ear ^&ook TWENTY- SE VENTH Be always prepared for war, but never unsheath the sword except in self-defence, as long as justice and our essential rights to national respectability can be preserved without it. TWENTY-EIGHTH I have never had such confidence in my own faculty of judging as to be tenacious of the opinions I may have imbibed in doubtful cases. TWENTY-NINTH I conceive it a duty incumbent (! upon me to assert a just right. THIRTIETH To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. THIRTY-FIRS T I have always regarded marriage as the most interesting event in a man's life. 3une A good moral character is the first essential in a man. 'Gfye Washington ^ear i&ook 3 une Do justice to all, and never forget that we are Americans. SECOND Let our rights be claimed, and maintained, with a dignified firm- ness. THIRD We ought not to look back, un- less it is to derive useful lessons from past errors. FOURTH 1 resolved firmly that no man should ever justly charge me with deception. FIFTH Every motive of self-preservation, of liberty, of happiness, has a claim upon our efforts. SIXTH It is at all times easier to make enemies than friends. ^>l)e Washington y ear %ook 3une SEVENTH The most sincere neutrality is not a sufficient guard against the depredations of nations at war. EIGHTH If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it. NINTH It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known. TENTH The party taking advantage of the distresses of another will lose in- finitely more in the opinion of mankind and in subsequent events than he will gain by the stroke of the moment. Z3I)£ Washington ^ear 3£ook lune ELEVENTH Young military men, who want to reap the harvest of laurels, don't care, I suppose, how many seeds of war are sown. TWELFTH Nations act for their own benefit and not for the benefit of others, unless both interests happen to be assimilated. THIRTEENTH Give to mankind the magnan- imous and not too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. FOURTEENTH Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad. FIFTEENTH Imaginary wants are indefinite and oftentimes insatiable. ^ 131)* Wasl)iita,toit ^ear %ook Uune SIXTEENTH To the interest of your country all inferior considerations must yield. SEVENTEENTH The army is a dangerous instru- ment to play with. EIGHTEENTH Every man who is in the vigor of life ought to serve his country in whatever line it requires and he is fit for. NINETEENTH Unfortunately the nature of man is such that the experience of others is not attended to as it ought to be. TWENTIETH Few things will bear delay, but those of experiment worst of all. !3l)e Washington j^ear 3£ook IJune TWENTY-FIRST Peace ought to be pursued with unremitting zeal. TWENTY-SECOND Conscience seldom comes to a man's aid when he is in the zenith of health, and revelling in pomp and luxury upon ill-gotten gains. TWENTY- THIRD There is no resource so firm for the government of the United States as the affections of the people, guided by an enlightened policy. TWENTY-FOURTH If justice is lacking, we ought to render it. TWENTY-FIFTH All, except desperate men, look before they leap. ^?l)£ Wasl)ut^toa ^ear !ftook 3une TWENTY- SIXTH I am sure there never was a people who had more reason to acknowledge a divine interposi- tion in their affairs than those of the United States. TWENTY-SEVENTH In some instances, by acting re- ciprocally, heroes have made poets, and poets heroes. TWENTY-EIGHTH If we receive favors, we must grant favors. TWENTY-NINTH Let your promotion result from your own application and from intrinsic merit, not from the labors of others. TH I RTI E TH Rum is, in my opinion, the bane of morals and the parent of idle- ness. Don't be afraid. X3l)e Wasljin^toit ^ear !&ook Jul? FIRST A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined. SECOND That this government, though not actually perfect, is one of the best in the world, I have little doubt. THIRD The principle by which my con- duct has been actuated through- out life would not suffer me, in any great emergency, to withhold any services I might render, re- quired by my country. FOURTH The foundation of a great empire is laid, and I please myself with I a persuasion that Providence will not leave it imperfect. FIFTH My whole life has been devoted to the service of my country. Ol)e Wasljingtoa j^ear 3£ook 3ulr SIXTH I shall sincerely rejoice to see that the American Revolution has been productive of happy con- sequences on both sides of the Atlantic. SEVENTH May our country never want props to support the glorious fabric. EIGHTH No morn ever dawned more fa- vorably than ours. NINTH Teach the people themselves to know and to value their own rights. TENTH Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry, and frugality are neces- O sary to make us a great and happy nation. ^>l)£ Washington $? ear !&ook ELEVENTH Every one has a right to form and adopt whatever government they like best to live under them- selves. TWELFTH Virtue and vice cannot be allied. THIRTEENTH All obstructions to the adminis- tration of the laws are destructive of fundamental principle and of fatal tendency. FOURTEENTH We may spin the thread of econ- omy till it breaks. FIFTEENTH Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. SIXTEENTH The people, when rightly informed, will decide in a proper manner. ^>l)£ Washington y ear ^fcook 5£ VENTEENTH Bargains are either binding in all their parts, or are of no use at all. EIGHTEENTH A man who will defraud another who confides in him is surely a greater villain than one who robs boldly at the risk of his life. NINE TEENTH My primary objects have been to preserve the country in peace if I can, and to be prepared for war if I can not. TWENTIETH To be a sensible and honest man are qualities too rare and precious not to merit one's particular es- teem. TWENTY-FIRST It is time for the age of knight- errantry and mad-heroism to be at an end. r>l)e Washington ^ear 3£ook TWENTY- SECOND Coercion would be extremely painful to me; but if advice, re- monstrance, and gentle methods will not answer the purpose, others must be taken. TWENTY- THIRD We must walk, as other countries have done, before we can run. TWENTY-FOURTH I am sure the mass of citizens in these United States mean well. TWENTY-FIFTH I was no believer in the infalli- bility of the politics or measures of any man living. TWENTY- SI XTH To err is the lot of humanity, and never for a moment have 1 had the presumption to suppose I had not a full proportion of it. TWENTY- SEVENTH My earnest wish is that balsam may be poured into all the wounds. TWENTY-EIGHTH We shall be guilty of many blun- ders. TWENTY-NINTH ^ If a minority is to dictate to a , majority, there is an end put, at one stroke, to popular govern- i* ment. THIRTIETH The great Governor of the uni- verse has led us too long and too / far on the road to happiness and glory to forsake us in the midst of it. THIRTY- Fl RS T In republics of large extent the conflicts of popular factions are the chief, if not the only, inlets of usurpation and tyranny. Knowledge is the surest basis of public hap- piness. ^>l)£ Wasl)iita,tott ^ear !&ook FIRST Lay the foundation in national justice, faith, and honor. SECOND I trust that we are not too old, or too proud, to profit by the experi- ence of others. THIRD To speak evil of any one, unless there are unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for v/hich there is no adequate repa- ration. FOURTH To an active external commerce, , the protection of a naval force is indispensable. FIFTH My public and private sentiments are at all times alike. ^?l)e Washington ^ear 3iook August SIXTH There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. SEVENTH When there is no reason for ex- pressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. EIGHTH "There is a tide in all human af- fairs" that ought always to be watched. NINTH Honor, power, and the true inter- ~*ests of this country must be measured by a continental scale. TENTH It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. Ol)£ Washington ^ear !ftook August ELEVENTH The independence and liberty you possess are the work of common dangers, sufferings, and suc- cesses. TWELFTH No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant. THIRTEENTH Never exceed a decent warmth. FOURTEENTH I think there is more wickedness than ignorance mixed in our councils. FIFTEENTH No earthly power can deprive me of the consolation of knowing that I have not, in the course of my administration, been guilty of a wilful error. ^?1)£ Washington y ear %ook August SIXTEENTH If the laws are not to govern, no man can know how to conduct himself in safety. SEVENTEENTH One fault overlooked begets an- other, that a third, and so on. EIGHTEENTH The age between thirty-five and forty-five seems most likely to unite experience with activity. NINETEENTH When you have leisure, go into company of the best kind that the place you are in will afford. TWENTIETH It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off. ^>l)£ Washington ^ear 3£ook ^August TWENTY- FIRST Europe has a set of primary in- terests which to us have none or a very remote relation. TWENTY- SECOND I am only a servant of the public, and it is not for me to dispense with orders. TWENTY- THIRD Let your inexperience be guided by maturer advice. TWENTY-FOURTH The vices of large cities have their advantages and disadvan- tages in fitting a man for the great theatre of public life. TWENTY-FIFTH There is no proverb in the whole catalogue of them more true than that a penny saved is a penny got. r~v- ^>I)l)£ Washington ^ear %ooK Octob er SIXTH Nothing can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. SEVENTH A national university in this coun- try is a thing to be desired. EIGHTH Tis our policy to steer clear of alliances with any portion of the foreign world. NINTH My fellow citizens understand the true principles of government and liberty. TENTH Acquire, by industry and applica- tion, such knowledge as your sit- uation enables you to obtain, as will be useful to you in life. ELEVENTH I was never among the sanguine ones. ^I)e Washington y ear %ook October TWELFTH The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some de- gree a slave. THIRTEENTH No man can, with propriety or a good conscience, correct others for a fault he is guilty of himself. FOURTEENTH Differences in political opinion are as unavoidable as, to a cer- tain point, they may perhaps be necessary. FIFTEENTH The company in which you im- prove most will be least expen- sive to you. SIXTEENTH The life of a husbandman is hon- orable, is amusing, and, with ju- dicious management, is profitable. ^ Tb\)t Washington V* ar !ftook October SEVENTEENTH I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them. EIGHTEENTH How often do we find recom- mendations given without merit to deserve them ! NINETEENTH As much wisdom has pervaded our councils as reason and com- mon policy dictated. TWENTIE TH Studies and amusements, made \ to go hand in hand with each other and used in their proper (f seasons, will ever be found a " mutual assistance to each other. TWENTY- FI RS T We are plodding on in the dull road of peace and politics. T5fy& Washington ^ear !ftook October TWENTY-SECOND Avoid bad company, which is the bane of good morals, economy, and industry. TWENTY- THIRD A government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty is indispensable. TWENTY-FOURTH The more knowledge you acquire the greater will be the probability of your succeeding, and the greater will be your thirst for more. TWENTY-FIFTH Promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. TWENTY-SIXTH A train of evils, in republican gov- ernments, must often be sorely felt before they can be removed. Td))l)e Washington ^ear 3Jook 5lovember SIXTH Keep the United States free from political connections with every other country, see them inde- pendent of all, and under the in- fluence of none. SEVENTH Ridicule begets enmity not easy to be forgotten, but which might easily be avoided. EIGHTH It is much easier to impede than force a sale. NINTH We do not wish to be the only people who may taste the sweets "*" of an equal and good government. TENTH Past experience, and the admon- ition of a few, have but little weight. ^>l)e Washington ^ear 3£ook November ELEVENTH Smaller societies must prepare the way for greater. TWELFTH We are not to expect perfection in this world. THIRTEENTH Place guard upon the avenues - which lead to idleness and vice. FOURTEENTH Overgrown military establish- ments, under any form of govern- ment, are inauspicious to liberty. FIFTEENTH Americans will fight for their lib- erties and property. SIXTEENTH Money, we know, will fetch any- thing and command the service of any man. ^l>e Was^in^ton ^ear 3£ook November SEVENTEENTH Our prosperity rests on solid foundations. EIGHTEENTH It may not impossibly be found that the corruption and ambition of individual citizens are more formidable adversaries of the unity of our empire than any in- herent difficulties in the scheme. NINE TEENTH There is a natural and necessary progression from the extreme of anarchy to the extreme of tyranny. TWENTIE TH It has been a spectacle, display- ing to the highest advantage the principles of republican govern- ment, to behold the most and least wealthy of our citizens standing in the same ranks as common soldiers. d)e Washington j^ear !&ook Stovember TWENTY-FIRST If the citizens of the United States should not be entirely free and happy, the fault will be their own. TWENTY-SECOND Our Western country, the second land of promise ! TWENTY- THIRD Remember that timely disburse- ments to prepare for danger fre- quently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it. TWENTY-FOURTH I think it folly to attempt more than we can execute. TWENTY-FIFTH Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indis- pensable supports. d)e Washington V ear %ook 5lovcmber TWENTY-SI XTH Local politics and self-interested views obtrude themselves into every measure of public utility. TWENTY- SEVENTH Rewards, in proportion to the aids the public derives from them, are unquestionably due to all its serv- ants. TWENTY-EIGHTH It is not every one who asketh that deserveth charity; all, how- ever, are worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving may suffer. TWENTY-NINTH I always distinguish between a cause and individuals. THIRTIETH When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen. ? ^December The name of American must always exult the just pride of patriotism. ^>l)<£ Washington ^ear 5iook ^December FIRST I never spared one that was ac- cused of cowardice. SECOND No man's sentiments are more opposed to any kind of restraint upon religious principles than mine are. THIRD Whilst we are accusing others of injustice, we should be just our- selves. FOURTH If I am deceived in my opinion, I shall acknowledge my error. FIFTH I never did give advice to a woman who was setting out on a matri- monial voyage. I3l)e Xff asfrington ^ear ?&ook December SIXTH Every fool will have his notions; and why may not I ? SEVENTH J Silence, in some cases, speaks more intelligently than the sweet- est eloquence. EIGHTH Honorable scars speak the ful- ness of their merit. NINTH Who does not rather envy than I regret a death that gives birth to "*"■* honor and glorious memory? TENTH It is no longer a time for pointing out difficulties. £?!)£ Washington ^ ear 3£ook December ELEVENTH Every person is, most certainly ought to be, the best judge of what relates to his own interest and concerns. TWELFTH It is an irksome thing to a free man to be in any ways hampered in debt. THIRTEENTH Maintain the liberty which we have derived from our ancestors. FOURTEENTH I am not afraid to die. FIFTEENTH I leave you with undefiled hands, an uncorrupted heart, and with ardent vows to Heaven for the welfare and happiness of that country in which I and my fore- fathers drew our first breath. ~$r ~&\)l)£ Washington $^ear 3£ook December TWENTY-FIRS T Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. TWENTY-SECOND I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is built. TWENTY-THIRD To please everybody is impos- sible. TWENTY-FOURTH Be circumspect in admitting sus- picions or proceeding upon them without sufficient evidence. TWENTY-FIFTH Everything will come right at last. "k decern tar TWENTY-SIXTH Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. TWENTY- SEVENTH It is not my wish to hurt the feel- ings of any one. TWENTY-EIGHTH Let us look to our national char- acter, and to things beyond the present moment. TWENTY-NINTH It is in vain, I perceive, to look for ease and happiness in a world of troubles. TH I R TIETH Future years can not compensate for lost days. THIRTY-FIRS T "T is well.