At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgement.

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent.

Here you would know and enjoy what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.

My elder brothers were all put apprentices to different trades. I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?

Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.