An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude

A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

There are too many who reverse both the principles and the practice of the Apostles; they become all things to all men, not to serve others, but themselves; and they try all things only to hold fast that which is bad.

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other