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.

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

The science of mathematics performs more than it promises, but the science of metaphysics promises more than it performs.

Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice.

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.