Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.

We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Anything less than full justice is cruelty.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.