The Habits Of A Vigorous

I Feel Anxious For The Fate Of Our Monarchy, Or Democracy, Or Whatever Is To Take Place. I Soon Get Lost In A Labyrinth Of Perplexities; But, Whatever Occurs, May Justice And Righteousness Be The Stability Of Our Times, And Order Arise Out Of Confusion. Great Difficulties May Be Surmounted By Patience And Perseverance.

Many Of Our Disappointments And Much Of Our Unhappiness Arise From Our Forming False Notions Of Things And Persons.

I Am More And More Convinced That Man Is A Dangerous Creature And That Power, Whether Vested In Many Or A Few, Is Ever Grasping, And Like The Grave, Cries, 'give, Give.'

Wisdom And Penetration Are The Fruit Of Experience, Not The Lessons Of Retirement And Leisure. Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues.

Well, Knowledge Is A Fine Thing, And Mother Eve Thought So; But She Smarted So Severely For Hers, That Most Of Her Daughters Have Been Afraid Of It Since.