A young man ought to cross his own rules, to awake his vigor, and to keep it from growing faint and rusty. And there is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is carried on by rule and discipline.

Lawyers and physicians are an ill provision for any country.

Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something?

Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!

The thing I fear most is fear.

No man profiteth but by the loss of others.

Opinion is a powerful party, bold, and without measure.