Fear is prophetical of evil.

No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.

Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?

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

Good men study to spiritualize their bodies; bad men to incarnate their souls.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.