The Mere Understanding, However Useful And Indispensable,

Grief! Thou Art Classed Amongst The Depressing Passions. And True It Is That Thou Humblest To The Dust, But Also Thou Exaltest To The Clouds. Thou Shakest Us With Ague, But Also Thou Steadiest Like Frost. Thou Sickenest The Heart, But Also Thou Healest Its Infirmities.

In Many Walks Of Life, A Conscience Is A More Expensive Encumbrance Than A Wife Or A Carriage.

Allow Me To Offer My Congratulations On The Truly Admirable Skill You Have Shown In Keeping Clear Of The Mark. Not To Have Hit Once In So Many Trials, Argues The Most Splendid Talents For Missing.

Even Imperfection Itself May Have Its Ideal Or Perfect State.

If Once A Man Indulges Himself In Murder, Very Soon He Comes To Think Little Of Robbing; And From Robbing He Comes Next To Drinking And Sabbath-breaking, And From That To Incivility And Procrastination.