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