“Like Eden fruitful, like Arabia gay, England in native glory ever springs.”
“We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake.”
“'Tis very strange men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.”
“A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation.”
“In trouble to be troubled is to have your trouble doubled.”
“The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.”
“What is this world of ours? … a fleeting symmetry; a momentary order.”
“The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad.”
“Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad.”
“It has been said that love robs those who have it of their wit, and gives it to those who have none.”
“Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.”
“Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control.”
“The object of all true education is not to make men carpenters, it is to make carpenters men.”
“The cause of war is preparation for war.”
“There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.”
“Liberty trains for liberty. Responsibility is the first step in responsibility.”
“Believe in life! Always human beings will progress to greater, broader, and fuller life.”
“Either the United States will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.”
“Sleeping on a plank has one advantage — it encourages early rising.”
“My friend, the pleasures to which we are not accustomed oppress us more than the griefs with which we are familiar.”