“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.”
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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.