The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.

No one ever sowed the grain of generosity who gathered not up the harvest of the desire of his heart.

Liberty is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.