Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.

Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent.

We must calculate not on the weather, nor on fortune, but upon God and ourselves. He may fail us in the gratification of our wishes, but never in the encounter with our exigencies.

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.