Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.

A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.

The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.