The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth.

Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

No enemy is indeed so terrible as a man of genius.

Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.

It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.