Those who ought to be secure from calumny are generally those who avoid it least.

Religion has nothing more to fear than not being sufficiently understood.

Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.

Politeness has been defined to be artificial good-nature; but we may affirm, with much greater propriety, that good-nature is natural politeness.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.