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.

Luther deters me from solitariness; but he does not mean from a sober solitude that rallies our scattered strengths and prepares us against any new encounter from without.

If God be infinitely holy, just, and good, He must take delight in those creatures that resemble Him most in these perfections.

Nothing can be reckoned good or bad to us in this life, any further than it indisposes us for the enjoyment of another.

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

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.