The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.

A town, before it can be plundered and, deserted, must first be taken; and in this particular Venus has borrowed a law from her consort Mars. A woman that wishes to retain her suitor must keep him in the trenches; for this is a siege which the besieger never raises for want of supplies, since a feast is more fatal to love than a fast, and a surfeit than a starvation. Inanition may cause it to die a slow death, but repletion always destroys it by a sudden one.

Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.

It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.

Most men know what they hate, few what they love.