There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.

There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of the schoolmaster.

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

many tender, delicate mothers, seem to think that to make their children eat, is all that is requisite to make them great.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

The fearful are the failing.