A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome.

Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

In England we see people lulled sleep with solid and elaborate discourses of piety, who would be warmed and transported out of themselves by the bellowings and distortions of enthusiasm.

The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies.