Good men must be affectionate men.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.