He is a man who hates dissimulation in others; never practises it himself; and is peculiarly alert in discovering motives through the colouring of language.

Himself silent by habit, he is readily disgusted by great talkers; the rather, that the circumstances by which he is most interested, afford no great scope for conversation.

He is severely strict in the duties of religion; but you have no reason to fear his interference with yours, for he regards toleration as a sacred principle of political economy.

But if you have any Jacobitical partialities, as is naturally to be supposed, you will do well to suppress them in his presence, as well as the least tendency to the highflying or Tory principles; for he holds both in utter detestation.

For the rest, his word is his own bond, and must be the law of all who act under him.