Reason and right give the quickest despatch.

Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.

There is no detraction worse than to overpraise a man, for if his worth proves short of what report doth speak of him, his own actions are ever giving the lie to his honor.

When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.