When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions.

Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.

My voice is still for war.

That courage which arises from the sense of our duty, and from the fear of offending Him that made us, acts always in a uniform manner, and according to the dictates of right reason.