Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way, and he that stays behind, lose his guide.

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.