A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

If one waits for the right time to come before writing, the right time never comes.

It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what are called the Rights of Man become turbulent and dangerous.

Time makes ancient good uncouth.

Practical application is the only mordant which will set things in the memory. Study without it is gymnastics, and not work, which alone will get intellectual bread.

He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned.