parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.
I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is the only person with whom one dares to talk continually of oneself, without interruption, contradiction or censure; I suppose that delightful immunity doubles their fees.
All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.
There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.
A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.