My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. – John Woolman
Of all actions of a mans life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all actions of our life tis most meddled with by other people. – John Selden
