Evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do fear but augments the pain.

I wish to live without committing any fault at any time.

I believe ... that the soul of man is immortal and will be treated with justice in another life, respecting its conduct in this.

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?

I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick, their memory as strong, and their docility in every respect equal to that of white children.