The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.
When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.
Men resemble the gods in nothing so much as in doing good to their fellow creatures.
The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.
We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.
It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.
It is a man’s own dishonesty, his crimes, his wickedness, and boldness, that takes away from him soundness of mind; these are the furies, these the flames and firebrands, of the wicked.
The great theatre for virtue is conscience.
The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.
I will adhere to the counsels of good men, although misfortune and death should be the consequence.
Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.
Diligence which, as it avails in all things, is also of the utmost moment in pleading causes. Diligence is to be particularly cultivated by us; it is to be constantly exerted; it is capable of effecting almost everything.
There is no moment without some duty.
I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.
Exile is terrible to those who have, as it were, a circumscribed habitation; but not to those who look upon the whole globe but as one city.
Every man should bear his own grievances rather than detract from the comforts of another.
Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.
Nature loves nothing solitary, and always reaches out to something, as a support, which ever in the sincerest friend is most delightful.
To be endowed with strength by nature, to be actuated by the powers of the mind, and to have a certain spirit almost divine infused into you.