In civil jurisprudence it too often happens that there is so much law, that there is no room for justice, and that the claimant expires of wrong in the midst of right, as mariners die of thirst in the midst of water.

There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals.

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.

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay Charles Caleb Colton.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness.