He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think.

Saying is one thing and doing is another; we are to consider the sermon and the preacher distinctly and apart.

To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is our own.

I have never observed other effects of whipping than to render boys more cowardly, or more willfully obstinate.

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us to leave anything unresolved and undecided.