“I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.”

“The young man, who intends no ill,Believes that none is intended, and thereforeActs with openness and candor: but his father, having suffered the injuries of fraud, is impelled to suspect, and too often allured to practice it.”

“I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.”

“If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.”

“I look upon it that a man who does not mind his stomach would hardly mind anything else.”

“God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?”

“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”