Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

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

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.

The Character which a youth acquires in the early part of his Life is of great importance towards his future prosperity-one false step may prove irretrievable to his future usefulness.

When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}