“Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.”

“A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor”

“To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude ”

“How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted”

“A happy marriage has in it all the pleasures of friendships, all the enjoyment of sense and reason - and indeed all the sweets of life.”

“God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures”