One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

Two persons who have chosen each other out of all the species with a design to be each other's mutual comfort and entertainment have, in that action, bound themselves to be good-humored, affable, discreet, forgiving, patient, and joyful, with respect to each other's frailties and perfections, to the end of their lives.

My heart leaps at the trumpet's voice.

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.