Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.

If a man has a science to learn he must regularly and resolutely advance.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.