He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.

From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me.

My motto is: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.

A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.

I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, these spiritual repasts-a grace before Milton-a grace before Shakespeare-a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading The Fairie Queene?

There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet.

What have I gained by health? Intolerable dullness. What by mode meals? A total blank.