Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.

Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.

Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.

It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.

Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior; yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.