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A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

No one is without their difficulties, whether in High, or low Life, & every person knows best where their own shoe pinches.

A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.

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

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

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.

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.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

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.

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.

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

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

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

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

It is to me a most affecting thing to hear myself prayed for, in particular as I do every day in the week, and disposes me to bear with more composure, some disagreeable circumstances that attend my situation.

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