The perfection of conversation is not to play a regular sonata, but, like the AEolian harp, to await the inspiration of the passing breeze.

If we owned the property, we will be free and prosperous. If so they regain control, we will become poor

He was not merely a chip off the old block, but the old block itself.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others

Poetry, with all its obscurity, has a more general as well as a more powerful dominion over the passions than the art of painting.

All government is founded on compromise and banter.