a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.

Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.

How is it that hope so powerfully excites, and fear so absolutely depresses all our faculties?

Remember, we can judge better by the conduct of people towards others than by their manner towards ourselves.

why will friends publish all the trash they can scrape together of celebrated people?

every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.

there is no reasoning with imagination.