“It having pleased the Almighty Ruler of the universe to defend the cause of the United American States, and finally to raise up a powerful friend among the princes of the earth, to establish our liberty and independence upon a lasting foundation, it becomes us to set apart a day for gratefully acknowledging the divine goodness, and celebrating the important event, which we owe to His divine interposition.”

-George Washington

True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence on the future.

-Seneca

Happy are those who find wisdom… She is more precious than jewels, and nothing you desire can compare with her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

-Solomon

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

-Cicero

They can conquer who believe they can.

-Virgil

Say not always what you know, but always know what you say.

— Claudius