The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.

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.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.

If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.