Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

Dealing with a government with whom mendacity is a science is an extremely difficult matter.

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it.

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.

Friends are the sunshine of life.

The use of proverbs is characteristic of an unlettered people. They are invaluable treasures to dunces with good memories.

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.