“Learning is pedantry, wit, impertinence, virtue itself looked like weakness, and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice”
“Learning is pedantry, wit, impertinence, virtue itself looked like weakness, and the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors, and active to his own prejudice”
“It is a great pity when the one who should be the head figure is a mere figure head”
“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams”
“Vision without action is a daydream. Action without a vision is a nightmare.”
“Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all.”
“If you wait for a perfect church, you must wait until you get to heaven; and even if you could find a perfect assembly on earth, I am sure they would not admit you to their fellowship, for you are not perfect yourself.”
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family”