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

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

Who can love the man he fears. or by who he thinks he is himself feared?

It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.