A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

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.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake anything like a reformation in religion.

Without industry and frugality, nothing will do; with them, everything.