By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration.

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.

What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.

Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.