Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

It was observed of Elizabeth that she was weak herself, but chose wise counsellors; to which it was replied, that to choose wise counsellors was, in a prince, the highest wisdom.

If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels.

Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.