For Second Daughter:All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

For Eldest Son: Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

For Eldest Daughter: No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

For Dear Husband: Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpose a solid wall of sleep between the two. This you cannot do without temperance.

For Everyone to Ponder: People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.