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

Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

More laws, less justice.

There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

A bachelor's bed is the most pleasant.

Death is dreadful to the man whose all is extinguished with his life; but not to him whose glory never can die.