Try And Fail,but Don't Fail To Try.

From The Day Of The Declaration...they (the American People) Were Bound By The Laws Of God, Which They All, And By The Laws Of The Gospel, Which They Nearly All, Acknowledge As The Rules Of Their Conduct.

So Great Is My Veneration For The Bible That The Earlier My Children Begin To Read It The More Confident Will Be My Hope That They Will Prove Useful Citizens Of Their Country And Respectable Members Of Society. I Have For Many Years Made It A Practice To Read Through The Bible Once Every Year.

I Cannot Ask Of Heaven Success, Even For My Country, In A Cause Where She Should Be In The Wrong.

Wherever The Standard Of Freedom And Independence Has Been Or Shall Be Unfurled, There Will Be America's Heart, Her Benedictions And Her Prayers.

My Stern Chase After Time Is, To Borrow A Simile From Tom Paine, Like The Race Of A Man With A Wooden Leg After A Horse.