The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired

The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it. While you continue to be splenetic, count upon it I will always preach. Thus much I sympathize with you that I am not cheerful enough to write, for I believe Coffee once a week is necessary to that.

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.

Life is a tragedy wherein we sit as spectators for a while and then act our part in it.