Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

No man is greatly jealous who is not in some measure guilty.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.