“Now don't let us give ourselves a parcel of airs, and pretend that the oaths we make free with in this land of liberty of ours are our own; and because we have the spirit to swear them,—imagine that we have had the wit to invent them too.”

“Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.”

“I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.”

“Of all duties, prayer certainly is the sweetest and most easy.”

“The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.”

“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”

“Only the brave know how to forgive it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at. ”

“Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave it is not in his nature. ”

“Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.”

“This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.”

“Writing when properly managed (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.”