Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundary.

It is the character of a brave and resolute man not to be ruffled by adversity and not to desert his post.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

There is no more sure tie between friends than when they are united in their objects and wishes.

I hate all children of precocious talent.

The impulse which directs to right conduct, and deters from crime, is not only older than the ages of nations and cities, but coeval with that Divine Being who sees and rules both heaven and earth.