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

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

Among those evils which befall us, there are many which have been more painful to us in the prospect than by their actual pressure.

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.

There is nobody so weak of invention that cannot make some little stories to villify his enemy.

By anticipation we sugar misery and enjoy happiness before they are in being. We can set the sun and stars forward, or lose sight of them by wandering into those retired parts of eternity when the heavens and earth shall be no more.

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it.