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

What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the face at this rate one would think would convert an atheist. By the way, we may observe that smiles are much more becoming than frowns. This seems a natural encouragement to good-humor; as much as to say, if people have a mind to be handsome, they must not be peevish and untoward.

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

The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

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

Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order.