A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.

Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.

Troops of heroes undistinguished die.

When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.

Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.