God waits only the separation of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward. Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness -- to glory?

True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it.

Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.

There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.

I only want an easy mind, sir; not crushed by crowded obligations.

...it strikes me with terror and anguish to feel I absolutely must be torn from you for ever. I see the necessity of departure; and it is like looking on the necessity of death.

For those who are not hungry, it is easy to palaver about the degradation of charity.