1. “A man in business must put up many affront if he loves his own quiet.”
2. “Anything less than full justice is cruelty.”
3. “The best recreation is is to do good.”
4. “Never despise what you don’t understand.”
5. “Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.”
6. “Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.”
7. “It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.”
8. “Passion is the mob of the man that commits a riot upon his reason.”
9. “Experience is a safe guide.”
10. “Truth never lost ground by enquiry.”
11. “Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.”
12. “The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.”
13. “Those who live forever, never fear dying.”
14. “Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.”
15. “Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.”
16. “Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”
17. “Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.”
18. “Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.”
19. “Haste makes work which caution prevents.”
20. “If thou wouldn’t conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.”
21. “Unless virtue guide us our choice must be wrong.”
22. “Less judgement than wit is more sail than ballast.”
23. “To be furious in religion is to be irreligious religious.”
24. “If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.”
25. “Friendship is the union of spirits.”
26. “The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends”
27. “Inquire often , but judge rarely and thou wilt not often be mistaken.”
28. “Covetousness is the greatest of monsters as well as the root of all evil.”
29. “Death cannot kill what never dies.”
30. “Never chide with anger, but instruction.”
