Because he was suffering doubts about himself and his future, Adams may have felt comfort demeaning the behavior and the character of women.

The author points out that the moral failure of Abigail Adams' brother focused her on disciplining her children, and herself, so that they did not come to the same end.

No sermon I have heard or read touched my heart with half the force of this puppet show. John Quincy Adams

Shakespeare's work had a liberating influence.

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

Rather than pound or a national mind that he believed had been closed by his critics, John Quincy Adams decided to seek a place in the is the esteem of future generations.

The two grappled in the quiet of old-fashioned personal diplomacy.

John Quincy Adams' depression was treated by his aunt with some reliable remedies, first sleep and then compassion. She said, " He was half cared for by having someone to care for him.

The president notices that when he takes off his coat to dig, people take more notice of the visual than they did his preceding remarks.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

I carry too much of the week into the Sabbath, and too little of the Sabbath into the week. John Quincy Adams

count no man happy until he be dead.

The way children stretch time and the way adults forget that stretch could be one of the saddest differences in the world.

If he had given away anything else, he would have been charged with indecent exposure.

I am willing to walk with God

Is not this the true romantic feeling - not to desire to escape life but to prevent life from escaping you.

We use our gadgets for distraction and entertainment. We use them to avoid work while giving the impression that we're actually working hard.

The truth doesn't only excist of what you see.

I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.

Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.

Did you ever admire an empty-headed writer for his or her mastery of the language? No. So your own winning style must begin with ideas in your head.