Politeness is practical Christianity.

Every relation to mankind, of hate or scorn or neglect, is full of vexation and torment.

Men cannot labor on always. They must have recreation.

The taxes of government are heavy enough, but not so heavy as the taxes we lay upon ourselves.

Our hearts must not only be broken with sorrow, but be broken from sin, to constitute repentance.

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command.

There is nothing to do with men [and women] but to love them; to contemplate their virtues with admiration, their faults with pity and forbearance, and their injuries with forgiveness.