Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.

A man by tumbling his thoughts, and forming them into expressions, gives them a new fermentation, which works them into a finer body.

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.

Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark which kindles upon the best fuel, and burns brightest in the bravest breast.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.