"I had rather be at Mount Vernon with a friend or two about me, than to be attended at the Seat of Government by the whole tribe of office-hunters and place-seekers."

"Mrs Washington Says that she has wrote all the news she Could get (and ladies you know are never at a loss)."

"The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you."

"The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations."

"Dear Tench: We have had various conjectures about you. Some thought you were dead, others that you were married."