It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

A religious hope does not only bear up the mind under her sufferings but makes her rejoice in them.

The care of our national commerce redounds more to the riches and prosperity of the public than any other act of government.

Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

Were a man's sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life, it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.