Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake, at least is not the slave of gross appetite; and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed, of the future to the present moment.

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.

The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.

How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find. With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.