The More You Say, The

Oh! How Seldom The Soul Is Silent, In Order That God May Speak.

God Bears With Imperfect Beings Even When They Resist His Goodness. We Ought To Imitate This Merciful Patience And Endurance. It Is Only Imperfection That Complains Of What Is Imperfect. The More Perfect We Are, The More Gentle And Quiet We Become Toward The Defects Of Other People.

Good Taste Rejects Excessive Nicety.

The Blood Of A Nation Ought Never To Be Shed Except For Its Own Preservation In The Utmost Extremity.

No Human Power Can Force The Intrenchments Of The Human Mind: Compulsion Never Persuades; It Only Makes Hypocrites.