Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.