To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems like the ineffectual charity mentioned by the apostle, which consisted in saying to the hungry, the cold and the naked, be ye fed, be ye warmed, be ye clothed, without showing them how they should get food, fire or clothing.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

The expenses required to prevent a war are much lighter than those that will, if not prevented, be absolutely necessary to maintain it.

The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.