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.

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

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.

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

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