Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker.

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.

Wherever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labour the body.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.