The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Thrift is of great revenue.

A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.

A thankful heart is the greatest virtue.

We are all excited by the love of praise, and the noblest are most influenced by glory.

The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.