I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.

What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.