The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.