Of all the species of literary composition, perhaps biography is the most delightful. The attention concentrated on one individual gives a unity to the materials of which it is composed, which is wanting in general history. – Robert Hall
Call things by their right names – Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. – Robert Hall
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us. – Robert Hall
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. – Robert Hall
Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom. – Robert Hall
A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity. – Robert Hall
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. – Robert Hall
