Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

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.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.