A vain man finds his account in speaking good or evil of himself.

The State not seldom tolerates a comparatively great evil to keep out millions of lesser ills and inconveniences which otherwise would be inevitable and without remedy.

A man must have very eminent qualities to hold his own without being polite.

The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

The mind, like all other things, will become impaired, the sciences are its food,--they nourish, but at the same time they consume it.

Eloquence may be found in conversations and in all kinds of writings; it is rarely found when looked for, and sometimes discovered where it is least expected.