The French have a saying that whatever excellence a man may exhibit in a public station he is very apt to be ridiculous in a private one.

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.

Extemporaneous and oral harangues will always have this advantage over those that are read from a in manuscript: every burst of eloquence or spark of genius they may contain, however studied they may have been beforehand, will appear to the audience to be the effect of the sudden inspiration of talent.

Knavery is supple, and can bend, but honesty is firm and upright and yields not.