If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire.

Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.

If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed.

The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain.

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.