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

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

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

Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.

It must be so, Plato, thou reason'st well!

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.