Fretfulness of temper will generally characterize those who are negligent of order.

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.

Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.

In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.

We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.