An indiscreet man is more hurtful than an ill-natured one; for as the latter will only attack his enemies, and those he wishes ill to, the other injures indifferently both friends and foes.

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.

When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, in wonder, love and praise.

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.

There is nothing which one regards so much with an eye of mirth and pity as innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.

Many actions calculated to procure fame are not conducive to ultimate happiness.