There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can't do?

For those who either perceive but dully, or retain the ideas that come into their minds but ill, who cannot readily excite or compound them, will have little matter to think on.

Hence it is a mistake to think, that the supreme or legislative power of any common-wealth, can do what it will, and dispose of the estates of the subject arbitrarily, or take any part of them at pleasure.

To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.

To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay a foundation for courage and resolution in the future part of their lives.