In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.

A great empire and little minds go ill together.

There is nothing that God has judged good for us that He has not given us the means to accomplish, both in the natural and the moral world.

By hating vices too much, they come to love men too little.

I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet scarce can command anything.

Contempt is not a thing to be despised. It may be borne with a calm and equal mind, but no man, by lifting his head high, can pretend that he does not perceive the scorns that are poured down on him from above.

There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.