Good nonsense is good sense in disguise.
It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
Liberty, like chastity, once lost, can never be regained in its original purity.
As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.
Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.