It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.
Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.
It is what we give up, not what we lay up, that adds to our lasting store.
Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
The heavens and the earth, the woods and the wayside, teem with instruction and knowledge to the curious and thoughtful.