A man that has lost moral sense is like a man in battle with both of his legs shot off: he has nothing to stand on.

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.

Men of dissolute lives have little incentive to look forward to the hopes and glories of immortality. A due conception of these would be incompatible with such a life.

God's glory is His goodness.

True obedience is true freedom.

Any law that takes hold of a mans daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.

Self-contemplation is apt to end in self-conceit.