Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their existence.

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it must be avoided generally by the science of sparing.

Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.