A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
In all debates let truth be thy aim; not victory or an unjust interest; and endeavor to gain rather than to expose thy antagonist.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason for so many senseless scholars in the world.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
Oppression makes a poor country.
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
The best recreation is to do good.
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
The public must and will be served.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
The usefulest truths are the plainest.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.
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