Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.

Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.

There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.

For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.