"Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts."

"I know enough of the world to know that there is nothing in it so bad as to be worth the trouble of speaking ill of."

"I never could have done what I have done, without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time."

"It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and good for a man's heart, that however poor he may be, he always has a thousand friends; and not one of them will desert him."

"I am not a great admirer of the British Constitution."