“A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues
“It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others
“Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason - the law which is perfection of reason
“A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.
“If men would consider not so much where they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world
“Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity
“When earth breaks up and heaven expands, how will the change strike me and you in the house not made with hands?
“There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.