Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty.

There is no passion that is not finely expressed in those parts of the inspired writings which are proper for divine songs and anthems.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.

We are apt to rely upon future prospects, and become really expensive while we are only rich in possibility. We live up to our expectations, not to our possessions, and make a figure proportionable to what we may be, not what we are.

I would have every zealous man examine his heart thoroughly, and I believe he will often find that what be calls a zeal for his religion is either pride, interest, or ill-repute.

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.