No Point Is Of More Importance Than

Don't Wait Around For Your Life To Happen To You. Find Something That Makes You Happy, And Do It. Because Everything Else Is All Just Background Noise.

I Quitted My Seat In The House Of Delegates, From A Conviction That I Was No Longer Able To Do Any Essential Service.

That Slow Poison [slavery] Is Daily Contaminating The Minds And Morals Of Our People. Every Gentlemen Here Is Born A Petty Tyrant, Practiced In Acts Of Despotism And Cruelty.

I Am Now Pretty Far Advanced In Life, And All My Views Are Center'd In The Happiness And Well-fare Of My Children; You Will Therefore Find From Me Every Indulgence Which You Have A Right To Expect From An Affectionate Parent.

I Give And Bequeath My Soul To Almighty God That Gave It Me, Hoping That Through The Meritorious Death And Passion Of Our Savior And Redeemer Jesus Christ To Receive Absolution And Remission For All My Sins.