The Hand that made us is divine.

"We are always doing," says he, "something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.