Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants..

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it ….

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood..

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself..

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it..

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst..

Never despise what you don't understand..

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles..

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly..

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit..

Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own..

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest..

Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms..

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown..

We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdo….

If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people..

The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease..

In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will ….

Let us see what love can do..

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore g….

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment..