Water and oil, simply considered, are capable of giving some pleasure to the taste. Water, when simple, is insipid, inodorous, colorless, and smooth; it is found, when not cold, to be a great resolver of spasms, and lubricator of the fibres; this power it probably owes to its smoothness.

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.

No man can mortgage his injustice as a pawn for his fidelity.

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

It is by bribing, not so often by being bribed, that wicked politicians bring ruin on mankind. Avarice is a rival to the pursuits of many.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Education is the cheap defense of nations.