Jesters do often prove prophets.

One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.

We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately found itself poor as soon as this vice got footing among them, though they were possessed of all the riches in the world.

Men naturally warm and heady are transported with the greatest flush of good-nature.

Plutarch says very finely that a man should not allow himself to hate even his enemies.

The Obedience of Children to their Parents is the Basis of all Government, and set forth as the measure of that Obedience which weowe to those whom Providence hath placed over us.

There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.