Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.

Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.

Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.

True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place; and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.

Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.