Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace--but a peace I hope with honour.
Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.
Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow.
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.
Those who cannot themselves observe can at least acquire the observation of others.