Good Humor is the best shield against the darts of satirical raillery

Good intentions are very mortal and perishable things. Like very mellow and choice fruit, they are difficult to keep.

Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.

Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

Most of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.

True greatness consists in being great in little things.