Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.

There is no man so good that if he placed all his actions and thoughts under the scrutiny of the laws, he would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.

The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.

It is no hard matter to get children; but after they are born, then begins the trouble, solicitude, and care rightly to train, principle, and bring them up.

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.