Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Men hate the haughty of heart who will not be the friend of every man.
The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
My hands are clean, but my heart has somewhat of impurity.
Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.