When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what

A patriot without religion in my estimation is as great a paradox as an honest Man without the fear of God. Is it possible that he whom no moral obligations bind, can have any real Good Will towards Men?

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.

These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.

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

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.