Gentleness corrects whatever is offensive in our manner.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of an ill temper.
Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.
What ever purifies the heart also fortifies it.
We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.
As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.