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

If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.

Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.