Husband a lie, and trump it up in some extraordinary emergency.

The pleasantest part of a man's life is generally that which passes in courtship, provided his passion be sincere, and the party beloved kind with discretion. Love, desire, hope, all the pleasing emotions of the soul, rise in the pursuit.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

With what astonishment and veneration may we look into our own souls, where there are such hidden stores of virtue and knowledge, such inexhaustible sources of perfection. We know not yet what we shall be, nor will it ever enter into the heart to conceive the glory that will be always in reserve for it.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.