Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing.

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty

In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality.

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

When the leaves stop falling wasn't her time to die, it was your time to live.

When someone else's truth is the same as your truth, and he seems to be saying it just for you, that's great.

Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.

Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.

It is hard to sell Congress and the American people on foreign aid. Is it harder to do that than it is to sell billionaires on the idea that they should give all their money away.

It is so often the odd, the unexpected, the apparently trifling, that stamps itself upon the memory for ever, while much more memorable things pass away like a breath of wind.

Jellyfish serve as a model for bioengineers for the same reason yeast were once so valuable to geneticists: they're simple to deconstruct.

Philanthropy is one of the most hopeful characteristics of our time.

I believe that it isn't victories but defeats that promote nationalism.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.