We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.

Anything less than full justice is cruelty.

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

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.

Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.