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C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.

Thomas Wilson

A good judge should never boast of his power, because he can do nothing but what he can do justly: he is not the master, but the minister of the law. Authority without virtue is a very dangerous state.

A great man is made so for others.

Faith is the root of works. A root that produceth nothing is dead.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their heart but by giving his own.

He who loves praise, loves temptation.

Intemperance in talk makes a dreadful havoc in the heart.

Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.

No inheritance can supply the want of a virtuous education.

Our life must answer for our faith.

The fewer desires, the more peace.