There is a variety in tempers of good men.

It is little the sign of a wise or good man, to suffer temperance to be transgressed in order to purchase the repute of a generous entertainer.

The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from whence they flow.

There is a variety in tempers of good men.

Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.

From mere success nothing can be concluded in favor of any nation upon whom it is bestowed.

A very prosperous people, flushed with great victories and successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident as to perpetuate their happiness.