What's A Sun-dial In The Shade?

In 1736 I Lost One Of My Sons, A Fine Boy Of Four Years Old, By The Small-pox, Taken In The Common Way. I Long Regretted Bitterly, And Still Regret That I Had Not Given It To Him By Inoculation. This I Mention For The Sake Of Parents Who Omit That Operation, On The Supposition That They Should Never Forgive Themselves If A Child Died Under It; My Example Showing That The Regret May Be The Same Either Way, And That, Therefore, The Safer Should Be Chosen.

Early To Bed And Early To Rise, Makes A Man Healthy, Wealthy And Wise." He Planned His Routine Around Waking Up At 5 A.m. And Asking Himself "what Good Shall I Do This Day?

Tis Easy To See, Hard To Foresee.

Cold & Cunning Come From The North: But Cunning Sans Wisdom Is Nothing Worth.

When About 16 Years Of Age, I Happened To Meet With A Book Written By One Tryon, Recommending A Vegetable Diet. I Determined To Go Into It.... My Refusing To Eat Flesh Occasioned An Inconveniency, And I Was Frequently Chid For My Singularity.