Nothing lies on our hands with such uneasiness as time. Wretched and thoughtless creatures! In the only place where covetousness were a virtue we turn prodigals.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

For my own part, I am apt to join in the opinion with those who believe that all the regions of Nature swarm with spirits, and that we have multitudes of spectators on all our actions when we think ourselves most alone.

That fine part of our construction, the eye, seems as much the receptacle and seat of our passions as the mind itself; and at least it is the outward portal to introduce them to the house within, or rather the common thoroughfare to let our affections pass in and out.

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