Dark and sour humours, especially those which have a spice of malevolence in them, are vastly disagreeable. Such men have no music in their souls.

Many of our disappointments and much of our unhappiness arise from our forming false notions of things and persons.

I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

These are the times when a genius wants to live.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.

What is it that affectionate parents require of their Children; for all their care, anxiety, and toil on their accounts? Only that they would be wise and virtuous, Benevolent and kind.