I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.

The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for him in the calm and shady recess of domestic life.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.