The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.

In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little.

If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way.

If it be true that men of strong imaginations are usually dogmatists--and I am inclined to think it is so--it ought to follow that men of weak imaginations are the reverse; in which case we should have some compensation for stupidity. But it unfortunately happens that no dogmatist is more obstinate or less open to conviction than a fool.

It has been well observed that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy.

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.

There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but once are very extraordinary animals.