“One honest John Tompkins, a hedger & ditcher, Although he was poor, did not want to be richer;For all such vain wishes in him were preventedBy a fortunate habit of being contented.”

“Self-denial is painful for a moment but very agreeable in the end.”

“I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled And made me in these Christian days A happy Christian child.”

“Self-denial is painful for a moment but very agreeable in the end.”

“I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled And made me in these Christian days A happy Christian child.”

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”