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

What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

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

True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.

Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.

Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties.