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.

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

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

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

I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in a labyrinth of perplexities; but, whatever occurs, may justice and righteousness be the stability of our times, and order arise out of confusion. Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.