That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

The further we advance in knowledge, the more simplicity shall we discover in those primary rules that regulate all the apparently endless, complicated, and multiform operations of the Godhead.

As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.

Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.

Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.

"Lawyers Are": The only civil delinquents whose judges must of necessity be chosen from (amongst) themselves.