A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.