It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

Mr Newton, a fellow of our College, and very young, being but the second year master of arts; but of an extraordinary genius and proficiency.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

Chance never writ a legible book; chance never built a fair house; chance never drew a neat picture; it never did any of these things, nor ever will; nor can it be without absurdity supposed able to do them; which yet are works very gross and rude, very easy and feasible, as it were, in comparison to the production of a flower or a tree.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.