Quotes by 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
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
If an uninterested spectator, after a careful perusal of the New Testament, were asked what he conceived to be its distinguishing characteristic, he would reply without hesitation, That wonderful spirit of philanthropy by which it is distinguished. It is a perpetual commentary on that sublime aphorism, 'God is love.'
– 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
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
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
– Robert Hall
We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.
– Robert Hall
What other book besides the Bible could be heard in public assemblies from year to year, with an attention that never tires, and an interest that never cloys.
– Robert Hall
Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.
– Robert Hall
In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
– Robert Hall