I know not whether there exists such a thing as a coin stamped with a pair of pinions; but I wish this were the device which monarchs put upon their dollars and ducats, to show that riches make to themselves wings, and fly away.

It is medicine, not poison, I offer you.

It is not children only that one feeds with fairy tales.

Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no joy without sorrow. O the folly of expecting lasting felicity in a vale of tears, or a paradise in a ruined world.

What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

The gift of prayer is not always at our command.

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.