If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has.

It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived.

Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.

It has been observed that a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant will see farther than the giant himself; and the moderns, standing as they do on the vantage ground of former discoveries and uniting all the fruits of the experience of their forefathers, with their own actual observation, may be admitted to enjoy a more enlarged and comprehensive view of things than the ancients themselves.