Many a man is mad in certain instances, and goes through life without having it perceived. For example, a madness has seized a person of supposing himself obliged literally to pray continually; had the madness turned the opposite way, and the person thought it a crime ever to pray, it might not improbably have continued unobserved.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Commerce can never be at a stop while one man wants what another can supply; and credit will never be denied, while it is likely to be repaid with profit.

There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

Curiosity is the thirst of the soul.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.