Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes reality

That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.