Among those evils which befall us, there are many which have been more painful to us in the prospect than by their actual pressure.

It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.

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.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful.

Thy steady temper, Portius, Can look on guilt, rebellion, fraud, and Cæsar, In the calm lights of mild philosophy.