But never yet the dog our country fed, Betrayed the kindness or forgot the bread.

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

The cleverness of avarice is but the cunning of imbecility.

The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

In how large a proportion of creatures is existence composed of one ruling passion, the most agonizing of all sensations--fear.

The public man needs but one patron, namely, the lucky moment.

It is an error to suppose that courage means courage in everything. Most people are brave only in the dangers to which they accustom themselves, either in imagination or practice.