Peaceable times are the best to live in, though not so proper to furnish materials for a writer.

True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.

The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in character, whatever the fate in which they undergo.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action.

There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal.

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