"I was much disgusted at the first sight of the people. They were as rude and ill-favoured as their houses."

"Holy tempers are the very essence of religion."

"I have often wondered that any man, who has tasted of the pleasures of retirement, can ever be prevailed upon to quit them."

"My hair is much whiter than it was a year ago; but my eyes are not much dimmer, nor my natural strength much abated."

"I have often thought, that if I were to choose a language to speak, it should be Greek."