A just and wise magistrate is a blessing as extensive as the community to which he belongs; a blessing which includes all other blessings whatsoever that relate to this life.

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness, and ends in madness and folly.

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.

He who performs his duty in a station of great power must needs incur the utter enmity of many, and the high displeasure of more.

It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.