I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart.

Your patience would fail you if I should continue to relate all the disrespectful speeches and treatment which your servants have been obliged to listen to and patiently to bear.

Nothing is of greater importance than the right early instruction of youth.

We pray that the deceitful race - such hateful enemies and blasphemers of the name of Christ - be not allowed to further infect and trouble this new colony.

It is not the least anxiety that we have so little powder and lead on hand.

The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg.

Our little force will march on tomorrow or the day after.

I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.

The people are grown very wild and loose in their morals.

Don’t judge anything. If you have to judge, judge with kindness and love.

One moment several things are possible, the next moment only one happens, and the rest don't exist. Except that other worlds have sprung into being, on which the did happen.

I know how closely most of us tend to hold on to whatever cache of patience we've managed to amass over a lifetime and I appreciate your squandering some of your cherished stash here.

I'm afraid I'm an incorrigible life-lover, life-wonderer, and adventurer.

O how long ago the earth would have been destroyed, if Mary had not interposed!

It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.

A president either is constantly on top of events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be on top of him. I never felt that I could let up for a moment.

What most Americans mean when they say "the end of the recession" is, "When will it be back to normal? When can we get jobs? When will the employment rate be back to 4 percent or 5 percent?"

Listen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know.

[On writing:] The most egotistic of occupations, and the most gratifying while it lasts.