You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.

Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing another. I very well know to whom I would give the first place in my friendship, but they are not in the way, I am condemned to another scene, and therefore I distribute it in pennyworths to those about me, and who displease me least, and should do the same to my fellow prisoners if I were condemned to a jail.