23 Quotes by Nathanael Emmons

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

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

Steady, patient, persevering thinking will generally surmount every obstacle in search of truth.

Style should be like window-glass, perfectly transparent, and with very little sash.

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.

These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.

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

Just definitions either prevent or put an end to disputes.

Death stamps the characters and conditions of men for eternity. – As death finds them in this world, so will they be in the next.