Ignorance is the womb of monsters.

Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs ...and then cackles.

Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture.

Let the GRATEFUL HEART sweep through the day that it may recognize in every hour some sweet blessing.

Men will imitate and admire his unmoved firmness, his inflexible conscience for the right; and yet his gentleness, as tender as a woman's, his moderation of spirit, which not all the heat of party could inflame, nor all the jars and disturbances of this country shake out of its place: I swear you to an emulation of his justice, his moderation, and his mercy.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.