The duty of a judge is to administer justice, but his practice is to delay it

All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone.

One faithful Friend is enough for a man's self, 'tis much to meet with such an one, yet we can't have too many for the sake of others.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less.

When what you read elevates your mind and fills you with noble aspirations, look for no other rule by which to judge a book; it is good, and is the work of a master-hand.