It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.

There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another.

Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?

In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less

At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it.