The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

Reason refuseth its homage to a God who can be fully understood.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

A spark is a molecule of matter, yet may it kindle the world; vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou small things, either for evil or for good; for a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth.

Every green herb, from the lotus to the darnel, is rich with delicate aids to help incurious man.

Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."

The pen has shaken nations.