It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

When a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

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

A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues.

When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the laws of nature.