There is always room for the man of force.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.