Every one's true worship was that which he found in use in the place where he chanced to be.

He who would teach men to die would teach them to live.

The human face is a weak guarantee; yet it deserves some consideration. And if I had to whip the wicked, I would do so more severely to those who belied and betrayed the promises that nature had implanted on their brows; I would punish malice more harshly when it was hidden under a kindly appearance.

A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.

The desire for riches is more sharpened by their use than by their need. Pleasing all: a mark that can never be aimed at or hit.

The most evident token and apparent sign of true wisdom is a constant and unconstrained rejoicing.

Some, either from being glued to vice by a natural attachment, or from long habit, no longer recognize its ugliness.