Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec.

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

The policy that can strike only while the iron is hot will be overcome by that perseverance, which ... can make that iron hot by striking and he that can only rule the storm must yield to him who can both raise and rule it.

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

Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.