Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.

Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.

It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.

Whoever makes home seem to the young dearer and more happy, is a public benefactor.

Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her egg and then cackles.

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.