I have myself to respect, but to myself I am not amiable; but my friend is my amiableness personified.

All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed,but not that on the lip. If this is what the occasion says, let the occasion say it.

Ice is an interesting subject for contemplation. They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever. Why is it that a bucket of water soon becomes putrid, but frozen remains sweet forever? It is commonly said that this is the difference between the affections and the intellect.

The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

They will wait, well disposed, for others to remedy evil, that they may no longer have have it to regret.