“If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.”

“Let us then try what love can do to mend a broken world.”

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

“Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. ”

“(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.”

“A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it.”

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