To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a few words.

You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . . . . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage-Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to. But I dare say you have not been so inattentive an observer, as to suppose that Sweet peace, and contentment, cannot inhabit the lowly roof, and bless the tranquil inhabitants, equally guarded and protected, in person and property, in this happy Country, as those who reside in the most elegant and costly dwellings.

What is meat for one is not for another--no accounting for fancy.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Great learning and superior abilities...will be of little value and small estimation unless virtue, honor, truth, and integrity are added to them.