JUNE 19
This is my answer to them that trouble me, and will not let my grey hairs go down to the grave in peace. I am not a man of duplicity; I am not an old hypocrite, a double-tongued knave. … I have no temporal end to serve. I seek not the honour that cometh of men. It is not for pleasure that at this time of life I travel three or four thousand miles a year.
to The Dublin Chronicle, 1789
Leisure and I have taken leave of one another; I propose to be busy as long as I live, if my health is so long indulged to me. In health and sickness I hope I shall ever continue with the same sincerity.
to his brother Samuel, 1726
Dost thou love and serve God? It is enough. I give thee the right hand of fellowship.
Works, viii. 347
