You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.

A vow is a snare for sin

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, roll darkly down the torrent of his fate.