The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener is necessary to the accommodation of all those who desire to be confirmed in the opinion of their own wisdom: a patient listener, however, is not always to be had; the present age, whatever age is present, is so vitiated and disordered, that young people are readier to talk than to attend, and good counsel is only thrown away upon those who are full of their own perfections.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.

The present is never a happy state to any human being.

With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.