The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.

Judges ought above all to remember the conclusion of the Roman Twelve Tables :The supreme law of all is the weal [weatlh/ well-being] of the people.

There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.

Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.

He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

It is good discretion not make too much of any man at the first; because one cannot hold out that proportion.

To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.