There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.

Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.

The increasing influence of the Bible is marvelously great, penetrating everywhere. It carries with it a tremendous power of freedom and justice guided by a combined force of wisdom and goodness.

Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

In Utopia, where every man has a right to everything, they all know that if care is taken to keep the public stores full, no private man can want anything; for among them there is no unequal distribution, so that no man is poor, none in necessity; and though no man has anything, yet they are all rich; for what can make a man so rich as to lead a serene and cheerful life, free from anxieties.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.