It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less.

The religious man fears, the man of honor scorns, to do an ill action.

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.

It is pleasant to see a notorious profligate seized with a concern for religion, and converting his spleen into zeal.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.