The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries..

In defiance of all the tortue, of all the might, of all the malice of the world, the liberal man will ever be rich; for God's providence is his estat….

Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the conscien….

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor..

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities..

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters..

No adversity is in kind or degree peculiar to us; but if we survey the conditions of other men (of our brethren everywhere, of our neighbours all abo….

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment..

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they ….

It is safe to make a choice of your thoughts, scarcely ever safe to express them all..

Because Mathematicians frequently make use of Time, they ought to have a distinct idea of the meaning of that Word, otherwise they are Quacks..

Industry has annexed thereto the fairest fruits and the richest rewards..

Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense (Spence, Anecdotes.

It consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the n….

It is a fair adornment of a man and a great convenience both to himself and to all those with whom he converses and deals, to act uprightly, uniforml….

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth..

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness..

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter..

There do remain dispersed in the soil of human nature divers seeds of goodness, of benignity, of ingenuity, which, being cherished, excited, and quic….

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of ch….

We should allow others' excellences, to preserve a modest opinion of our own..