Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life.

Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.

Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.

The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.

A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.