Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

Undoubtedly, philosophers are in the right when they tell us that nothing is great or little otherwise than by comparison.

Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by comparing them with the law of God, his mind will approve or condemn him; this knowledge or conscience may be both an accuser and a judge.

When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.

I can discover no political evil in suffering bullies, sharpers, and rakes, to rid the world of each other by a method of their own; where the law hath not been able to find an expedient.