There are beds and tables in the world - plenty of them, are there not? But there are only two ideas or forms of them - one the idea of a bed, the other of a table.

There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this is a great mystery which I do not quite understand.

Laws are not made for the good.

It is best and easiest not to discredit others but to prepare oneself to be as good as possible.

Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.

The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.