Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.

The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.

The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse.

I sometimes think one of the great blessings we shall enjoy in heaven, will be to receive letters by every post and never be obliged to reply to them.

Luxury spreads its ample board before their eyes; but they are excluded from the banquet. Plenty revels over the fields; but theyare starving in the midst of its abundance: the whole wilderness has blossomed into a garden; but they feel as reptiles that infest it.

Enthusiasts soon understand each other.