To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

Where Washington hath left His awful memory A light for after times!

The march of intellect is proceeding at quick time; and if its progress be not accompanied by a corresponding improvement in morals and religion, the faster it proceeds, with the more violence will you be hurried down the road to ruin.

How beautiful is night! A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures; nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory, yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths; Beneath her steady ray The desert circle spreads Like the round ocean, girdled with the sky. How beautiful is night!

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.