He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

There are male as well as female gossips.

Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.