... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.

That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems to be of a piece with the rest.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter.

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.