The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the…

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing. No conversion after the first half hour.

Moral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all …

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

The most effectual of all ways for making ourselves feel morally whole, and for attaining to the greatest heights of self-complacency, is to fall upon others for the sins of which we are ourselves guilty.

More than all, and above all, Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which may exercise a useful control over the men of the present hour, it is the total disregard of self when in the …