It consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

No man speaketh, or should speak, of his prince, that which he hath not weighed whether it will consist with that veneration which should be preserved inviolate to him.

We may be as good as we please, if we please to be good.

In defiance of all the tortue, of all the might, of all the malice of the world, the liberal man will ever be rich; for God's providence is his estate, God's wisdom and power are his defence, God's love and favor are his reward, and God's word is his security.

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

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.