Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.

- Thomas F. Wilson

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law.…

- Thomas F. Wilson

The greatest of all disorders is to think we are whole and need no help.

- Thomas F. Wilson

Consider what God can do, and you will never despair of success.

- Thomas F. Wilson

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them.

- Thomas F. Wilson

To serve God, to love God, to enjoy God, is the sweetest freedom in the world.

- Thomas F. Wilson

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

- Thomas F. Wilson

There is a danger in being persuaded before one understands.

- Thomas F. Wilson

The fewer desires, the more peace.

- Thomas F. Wilson