There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace.

Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us. We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him.

If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.

Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should be the privilege of an author, to correct, in a second edition, certain errors of the first.

What's a Sun-Dial in the shade?

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

The best way to help the poor is to make them uncomfortable in their own poverty.