Repentance, however difficult to be practiced, is, if it be explained without superstition, easily understood. Repentance is the relinquishment of any practice from the conviction that it has offended God.

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.

The resolution of the combat is seldom equal to the vehemence of the charge.

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.