Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

He that has not mastery over his inclinations, he that knows not how to resist the importunity of present pleasure or pain...is in danger of never being good for anything.

It is difficult to instruct children because of their natural inattention; the true mode, of course, is to first make our modes interesting to them.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him

A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day, but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its Author, salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure, all sincere; nothing too much; nothing wanting!

All mankind being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others.

Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.