In due time…..when I shall have paid the debt of Nature, my remains will rest here in your midst with those of my kindred and neighbors. It is possible they may be unhonored, neglected, spurned! But, perhaps, years hence …..some wandering stranger, some lone exile may erect over them a humble stone, and thereon, this epitaph, “He was Faithful.”
"I found that at my age, and in my condition of health, 'rest is rust;' and nothing remained, to prevent rust, but to keep in motion." -W.H. Seward, Oct. 9, 1871
"If people who cannot spare time from work, to play whist in the evening, would occasionally play that game or some other, they would find they could accomplish more work during the day." —Seward, February 10, 1872
"There is a wide stoop at each side of which are grim looking griffins. I don't know which so puzzled was I to discern whether ear or horns adorned the creatures' heads." - Boston Post, June 18, 1863
"My students had such a wonderful time on our field trip! Thank you for such a fantastic experience for all of us. I look forward to bringing next year’s class already!" -Mrs. DeMaria, West Street School, Geneva, NY