Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.

The public must and will be served.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature. No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.