He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself. While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excites our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear is to fill a vacant hour with prattle, and be forgotten.

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

The business of life is to go forward.

Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?

A vow is a snare for sin