“Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.”

“(advice to his children) Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.”

“They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice.(Frequently misquoted as "He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.")”

“He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left to him owes to his father’s care.”

“Let us try what love will do.”

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

“Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.”