It is graceful in a man to think and to speak with propriety, to act with deliberation, and in every occurrence of life to find out and persevere in the truth. On the other hand, to be imposed upon, to mistake, to falter, and to be deceived, is as ungraceful as to rave or to be insane.

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely circulated.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment.

It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.

Every animal loves itself.