We must consider how very little history there is--I mean real, authentic history. That certain kings reigned and certain battles were fought, we can depend upon as true; but all the coloring, all the philosophy, of history is conjecture.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.

For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.

Employment and hardships prevent melancholy.

Try and forget our cares and sickness, and contribute, as we can to the happiness of each other.

When the eye or the imagination is struck with an uncommon work, the next transition of an active mind is to the means by which it was performed