Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command.

There is healing in the bitter cup.

Happy it were for us all if we bore prosperity as well and as wisely as we endure adverse fortune.

For society, of all places I have ever been, Norwich is the best.

Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray, Each in the other melting.

Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes off the relish of spiritual things; in short; whatever increases the strength and authority of your body over your mind, that is sin to you; however innocent it may be in itself.

The three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory