The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have

The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.

A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.

Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.

Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.