"Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light."

"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants, by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."

"I have been for some years past, as I hope to be for some years to come, a constant visitor of the sick, and a constant observer of the dying."

"It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts."

"Eloquence, as well as the other fine arts, must be cultivated with care."