It would be better to have no laws at all, than to have too many.

He that had never seen a river, imagined the first he met with to be the sea.

I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

Any time and any place can be used to study: his room, a garden, is table, his bed; when alone or in company; morning and evening. His chief study will be Philosophy, that Former of good judgement and character who is privileged to be concerned with everything.

Whatever is preached to us, and whatever we learn, we should still remember that it is man that gives, and man that receives; it is a mortal hand that presents it to us, it is a mortal hand that accepts it.

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!