I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.

If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?

Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.

When Wine enters, out goes the Truth.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.