I can hear of the brilliant accomplishments of any of my sex with pleasure and rejoice in that liberality of sentiment which acknowledges them.

It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.

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.

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

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?

A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.