Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Friendship is the union of spirits.

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

Were the superfluities of a nation valued, and made a perpetual tax or benevolence, there would be more alms-houses than poor, schools than scholars, and enough to spare for government besides.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.