In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
Forgiveness saves the expense of anger.
There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.
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.
Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.