A source of cheerfulness to a good mind is the consideration of that Being on whom we have our dependence, and in whom, though we behold Him as yet but in the first faint discoveries of His perfections, we see everything that we can imagine as great glorious, or amiable. We find ourselves everywhere upheld by His goodness and surrounded by an immensity of love and mercy.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.

The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are true.

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.