A Fine Genius In His Own Country

When Circumstances Don't Fit Our Ideas They Become Our Difficulties

My Father's Little Library Consisted Chiefly Of Books In Polemic Divinity, Most Of Which I Read, And Have Since Often Regretted That, At A Time When I Had Such A Thirst For Knowledge, More Proper Books Had Not Fallen In My Way Since It Was Now Resolved I Should Not Be A Clergyman.

As Sore Places Meet Most Rubs, Proud Folks Meet Most Affronts.

So Convenient A Thing To Be A Reasonable Creature, Since It Enables One To Find Or Make A Reason For Every Thing One Has A Mind To Do.

To Follow By Faith Alone Is To Follow Blindly.