Heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but the natural effect, of a religious life.

To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.

Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out of a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which, a good thing may pass over unobserved, or lost among commissions of bankrupt.

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion, benevolence, and humanity.