“Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.”

“The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.”

“When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.”

“Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.”

“Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.”

“You great benefactors, sprinkle our society with thankfulness. For your own gifts, make yourselves praised.”

“We know who is benevolent, by quite other means than the amount of subscriptions to soup-societies. It is only low merits that canbe enumerated.”

“Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.”