Forgiveness saves the expense of anger.

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.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone.

Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.