Persons not habituated to reason often argue absurdly, because, from particular instances, they deduce general conclusions, and extend the result of their limited experience of individuals indiscriminately to whole classes.

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.

Hope can produce the finest and most permanent springs of action.

Promises are dangerous things to ask or to give.

Habit is, to weak minds, a species of moral predestination, from which they have no power to escape.

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

Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call for their wings as regularly as they call for their boots.