It is not so much the being exempt from faults, as having overcome them, that is an advantage to us.

Physicians are in general the most amiable companions and the best friends, as well as the most learned men I know.

Virtue alone is happiness below.

Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead; For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

There are certain times when most people are in a disposition of being informed, and 'tis incredible what a vast good a little truth might do, spoken in such seasons.