No propagation or multiplication is more rapid that that of evil, unless it be checked; no growth more certain.

The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day. Total freedom from change would imply total freedom from error; but this is the prerogative of Omniscience alone.

Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment.

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post.

Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.

Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.