To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn audacity is the last refuge of guilt.

[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.

When emulation leads us to strive for self-elevation by merit alone, and not by belittling another, then it is one of the grandest possible incentives to action.

I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain.

An exotic and irrational entertainment.