Religion does what philosophy could never do; it shows the equal dealings of Heaven to the happy and the unhappy, and levels all human enjoyments to nearly the same standard. It gives to both rich and poor the same happiness hereafter, and equal hopes to aspire after it.

A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

When a person has no need to borrow they find multitudes willing to lend.

As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself.