When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.

Incivility is not a Vice of the Soul, but the effect of several Vices; of Vanity, Ignorance of Duty, Laziness, Stupidity, Distraction, Contempt of others, and Jealousy.

The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education.

Logic is the art of convincing us some truth.

We rarely repent of speaking little, but often of speaking too much.

Caprice in women often infringes upon the rules of decency.

Love and friendship exclude each other.