In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.
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
Rising health care spending occurs because it is beneficial, not a burden on the economy.
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
In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.
Robert Hall
We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.
Robert Hall