The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady of the man he wishes to cure, but also his habits when in health, and his physical constitution.

Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child.

To freemen, threats are impotent.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.