The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.

Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.

The praise of an ignorant man is only good-will, and you should receive his kindness as he is a good neighbor in society, and not as a good judge of your actions in point of fame and reputation.

Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

Pleasure seizes the whole man who addicts himself to it, and will not give him leisure for any good office in life which contradicts the gayety of the present hour.

A Daughter: The companion, the friend, and the confidant of her mother, and the object of a pleasure something like the love between the angels to her father.