Order my footsteps by Thy Word and make my heart sincere; let sin have no dominion, Lord, but keep my conscience clear.

Nothing tends so much to enlarge the mind as traveling.

Study detains the mind by the perpetual occurrence of something new, which may gratefully strike the imagination.

No science is speedily learned by the noblest genius without tuition.

There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains.

Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.

Every one of his opinions appears to himself to be written with sunbeams.