"Argument is the worst enemy of truth."

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

"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."

"I desire those politicians who dislike my overture, and may perhaps be so bold to attempt an answer, that they will first ask the parents of these mortals, whether they would not at this day think it …"

"Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light."