To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.

If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.

The abuse of terms has at all times been an evil.

Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is new, And all is lovely.

Anger is a violent act, envy a constant habit - no one can be always angry, but he may be always envious.

After all that corrupt poets, and more corrupt philosophers, have told us of the blandishments of pleasure, and of its tendency to soften the temper and humanize the affections, it is certain, that nothing hardens the heart like excessive and unbounded luxury; and he who refuses the fewest gratifications to his own voluptuousness, will generally be found the least susceptible of tenderness for the wants of others.

Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.