None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

Nothing is more durable than the dynasty of Doubt; for he reigns in the hearts of all his people, but gives satisfaction to none of them, and yet he is the only despot who can never die, while any of his subjects live.

Subtract from many modern poets all that may be found in Shakespeare, and trash will remain.

There can be no Christianity where there is no charity

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

The most notorious swindler has not assumed so many names as self-love, nor is so much ashamed of his own. She calls herself patriotism, when at the same time she is rejoicing at just as much calamity to her native country as will introduce herself into power, and expel her rivals.