Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud.

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power.

It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence--an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.