If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.

Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings.

Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

What is read twice is usually remembered more than what is once written.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the calamities of life, like the necessities of Nature, are calls to labor and diligence.