The conscience of a people is their power.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much.

We must beat the iron while it is hot, but we may polish it at leisure.

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own: He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.

They think to little who talk to much.

Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.

Let grace and goodness be the principal loadstone of thy affections. For love which hath ends, will have an end; whereas that which is founded on true virtue, will always continue.