For Parents To Restrain The Inclinations Of

A Tender-hearted And Compassionate Disposition, Which Inclines Men To Pity And Feel The Misfortunes Of Others, And Which Is, Even For Its Own Sake, Incapable Of Involving Any Man In Ruin And Misery, Is Of All Tempers Of Mind The Most Amiable; And Though It Seldom Receives Much Honor, Is Worthy Of The Highest.

The Good Or Evil We Confer On Others Very Often, I Believe, Recoils On Ourselves; For As Men Of A Benign Disposition Enjoy Their Own Acts Of Beneficence Equally With Those To Whom They Are Done, So There Are Scarce Any Natures So Entirely Diabolical As To Be Capable Of Doing Injuries Without Paying Themselves Some Pangs For The Ruin Which They Bring On Their Fellow-creatures.

As A Great Part Of The Uneasiness Of Matrimony Arises From Mere Trifles,, It Would Be Wise In Every Young Married Man To Enter Into An Agreement With His Wife, That In All Disputes Of This Kind The Party Who Was Most Convinced They Were Right Should Always Surrender The Victory. By Which Means Both Would Be More Forward To Give Up The Cause.

It Is A Trite But True Observation, That Examples Work More Forcibly On The Mind Than Precepts: And If This Be Just In What Is Odious And Blameable, It Is More Strongly So In What Is Amiable And Praiseworthy.

Custom May Lead A Man Into Many Errors; But It Justifies None.