Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

Wretched un-idea'd girls.