A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law

It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.

Make use of your friends by being of use to them.

My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.