In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.

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

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.