There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

There is nothing so absurd as knowledge spun too fine.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.