We Are Apt To Love Praise, But

It Is Profitable Wisdom To Know When We Have Done Enough: Much Time And Pains Are Spared In Not Flattering Ourselves Against Probabilities.

Force May Subdue, But Love Gains, And He That Forgives First Wins The Laurel.

And He That Is Taught To Live Upon Little, Owes More To His Father's Wisdom, Than He That Has A Great Deal Left Him, Does To His Father's Care.

That Which The People Called Quakers Lay Down As A Main Fundamental In Religion Is This- That God, Through Christ, Hath Placed A Principle In Every Man, To Inform Him Of His Duty, And To Enable Him To Do It; And That Those That Live Up To This Principle Are The People Of God, And Those That Live In Disobedience To It, Are Not God's People, Whatever Name They May Bear, Or Profession They May Make Of Religion. This Is Their Ancient, First, And Standing Testimony: With This They Began, And This They Bore, And Do Bear To The World.

The Country Is Both The Philosopher's Garden And His Library, In Which He Reads And Contemplates The Power, Wisdom And Goodness Of God.