There is a time when the hoary head of inveterate abuse will neither draw reverence nor obtain protection.

The yielding of the weak is the concession to fear.

Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.

He only deserves to be remembered by posterity who treasures up and preserves the history of his ancestors.

Vice incapacitates a man from all public duty; it withers the powers of his under- standing, and makes his mind paralytic.

It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.

Fellowship in treason is a bad ground of confidence.