Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity.

Both wit and understanding are trifles without integrity.

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed upon us by the law. It is a rule imposed upon us by reason, which should be the sovereign law of a rational being.

While selfishness joins hands with no one of the virtues, benevolence is allied to them all.

Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land.

It is impossible to combat enthusiasm with reason; for though it makes a show of resistance, it soon eludes the pressure, refers you to distinctions not to be understood, and feelings which it cannot explain. A man who would endeavor to fix an enthusiast by argument might as well attempt to spread quicksilver with his finger.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.