“Doing good is the only certainly happy action of a man's life.”

“They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.”

“Come Sleep! Oh Sleep the certain knot of peace The baiting-place of wit the balm of woe The poor man's wealth the prisoner's release The indifferent judge between the high and low.”

“We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?”

“Each morning puts man on trial and each evening passes judgement.”

“I think what has this day brought me and what have I given it?”