Loyalty is what we seek in friendship.
Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.
Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.
Like associates with like.
There are more men ennobled by study than by nature.
Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.