Quality, Not Quantity, Is My Measure.

There Are A Good Many Pious People Who Are As Careful Of Their Religion As Of Their Best Service Of China, Only Using It On Holy Occasions, For Fear It Should Get Chipped Or Flawed In Working-day Wear.

A Man, So To Speak, Who Is Not Able To Bow To His Own Conscience Every Morning Is Hardly In A Condition To Respectfully Salute The World At Any Other Time Of The Day.

Humor Is The Harmony Of The Heart.

O This Itch Of The Ear, That Breaks Out At The Tongue! Were Not Curiosity So Over-busy, Detraction Would Soon Be Starved To Death.

Some Of 'em [virtues] Like Extinct Volcanoes, With A Strong Memory Or Fire And Brimstone.