There is no dispute managed without passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion.
Sins may be forgiven through repentance, but no act of wit will ever justify them.
Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind.
There is not such a mighty difference as some men imagine between the poor and the rich; in pomp, show, and opinion, there is a great deal, but little as to the pleasures and satisfactions of life. They enjoy the same earth and air and heavens; hunger and thirst make the poor man's meat and drink as pleasant and relishing as all the varieties which cover the rich man's table; and the labor of a poor man is more healthful, and many times more pleasant, too, than the ease and softness of the rich.
Those men who destroy a healthful constitution of body by intemperance as manifestly kill themselves as those who hang or poison or drown themselves.
