Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.

Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.

Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

Unless virtue guide us our choice must be wrong.