“When men know not what to do, they ought not to do they know not what”

But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.

Posterity who are to reap the blessings will scarcely be able to conceive the hardships and sufferings of their ancestors.

The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the Sentiment.

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.

You cannot know, should I discribe to you; the feelings of a parent . Four years have already past away since you left your native land, and this rural Cottage

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

The habits of a vigorous mind are born in contending with difficulties.

Its never to late to get back on your feet though we wont live forever make sure you accomplish what you were put here for

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women.

The house shakes…with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

Heaven grant me that I may thus rejoice in my children, thus see them ornaments to their Country, and blessings to their parents.

My Dear Son… remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

There is not any reasoning which can convince me, contrary to my senses, that three is one, and one three.

“You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are ‘not that sort of person'” “But, I’m not.” “How do you know?

The bad thing about small-town life is that everybody knows your business…I suppose that is my central obsession. What we owe to society, what we owe to ourselves.

To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.

When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?

Mothers and dogs both had a kind of second sight that made them see into people’s minds and know when anything unusual was going on.

The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.

They know they’ve won,” Carter guessed. “They’re making a show of it.” “Yes,” Amos said. “Well, let’s blow up the boats or something!” I said. Amos looked at me. “Is that your strategy, honestly?

What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.