Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.

A man should carry nature in his head.

When I have attempted to join myself to others by services, it proved an intellectual trick,-no more. They eat your service like apples, and leave you out. But love them, and they feel you, and delight in you all the time.

Strange is this alien despotism of Sleep which takes two persons lying in each other's arms & separates them leagues, continents,asunder.

How shall a man escape from his ancestors, or draw off from his veins the black drop which he drew from his father's or mother's life?

Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.

The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.