Gaming has been resorted to by the affluent as a refuge from ennui. It is a mental dram, and may succeed for a moment; but, like all other stimuli, it produces indirect debility.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Pity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.

To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.

The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.

The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.