He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By study, by reading, by thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, so in all fortunes.

Sin is never at a stay; if we do not retreat from it, we shall advance in it; and the farther on we go, the more we have to come back.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.