“It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution”

“Observation more than books, experience rather than persons, are the prime educators”

“The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for”

“All my life I still have found, and I will forget it never; every sorrow hath its bound, and no cross endures forever.”

“And we are put on earth a little space that we may learn to bear the beams of love”

“If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius”