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.

Music, when thus applied, raises noble hints in the mind of the hearer, and fills it with great conceptions. It strengthens devotion, and advances praise into rapture.

Supposing all the great points of atheism were formed into a kind of creed, I would fain ask whether it would not require an infinite greater measure of faith than any set of articles which they so violently oppose.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

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

There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.