It is a strong proof of men knowing most things before birth, that when mere children they grasp innumerable facts with such speed as to show that they are not then taking them in for the first time, but are remembering and recalling them.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

We cannot employ the mind to advantage when we are filled with excessive food and drink.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.

Strain every nerve to gain your point.

No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy.