Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.
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.
He that repents is angry with himself; I need not be angry with him.
Joy is the life of man's life.
A good man's life is all of a piece.
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?