Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.

Parents cannot expect advice to have the same force upon their children as experience has upon themselves.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Tis a barbarous temper, and a sign of a very ill nature, to take delight in shocking any one: and, on the contrary, it is the mark of an amiable and a beneficent temper, to say all the kind things one can, without flattery or playing the hypocrite,--and what never fails of procuring the love and esteem of every one; which, next to doing good to a deserving object who wants it, is one of the greatest pleasures of this life.

We have nothing to do, but to choose what is right, to be steady in the pursuit of it, and leave the issue to Providence.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.