There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself in acts of bravery and heroism.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes, so with present time.

Each one prays to God according to his own light.

America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged them most, had advanced most rapidly in population, agriculture and the arts.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Maidens like moths are ever caught by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

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