Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me; If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.

It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.

To do God's will as fast as it is made known to us, to inquire hourly -- I had almost said each moment -- what He requires of us, and to leave ourselves, our friends, and every interest at His control, with a cheerful trust that the path which He marks out leads to our perfection and to Himself, -- this is at once our duty and happiness; and why will we not walk in the plain, simple way?.

But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness