The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.
What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's [children's] minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
Victory is by nature insolent and haughty.
The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the trust.