"The difference between a madman and a sane man is that the madman is in a minority."

"That was excellently observed', say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken."

"The greatest ornament of an eminent character is humility."

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature."

"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."