Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lead us to such an end?

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.