Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence and usefulness

Both mind and heart when given up to reveries and dreaminess, have a thousand avenues open for the entrance of evil

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands

For the most part fraud in the end secures for its companions repentance and shame

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue