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

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.

Custom looks to things that are past, and fashion to things that are present, but both of them are somewhat purblind as to things that are to come.

No propagation or multiplication is more rapid that that of evil, unless it be checked; no growth more certain.

A hug is worth a thousand words.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.