Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.

Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.

An injustice to one is a threat made to all

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.