“Cricket to us was more than play,It was a worship in the summer sun.”

“Devise some creed, and live it, beyond theirs,Or I shall think you but their spendthrift heirs.”

“Suffering does make us more sensitive until it crushes us completely.”

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.”

“There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.”

“What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty.”

“Difficulty is a severe instructor, set over us by the supreme ordinance of a parental guardian and legislator, who knows us better than we know ourselves, as he loves us better too. He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.”