All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.
In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.
A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.
There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.