A man should live with his superiors as he does with his fire: not too near, lest he burn; nor too far off, lest he freeze.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.

Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.

Work only can keep even kings respectable.

Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

Force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil, and bruise itself.

The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.