God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it .

It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

Men pursue riches under the idea that their possession will set them at ease, and above the world. But the law of association often makes those who begin by loving gold as a servant finish by becoming themselves its slaves; and independence without wealth is at least as common as wealth without independence.

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it.

We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.