The cleverest character in comedy is the clown, for he who would make people take him for a fool, must not be one.

Seek for good, but expect evil.

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.

Honesty is the best policy, I will stick to that. The good shall have my hand and heart, but the bad neither foot nor fellowship. And in my mind, the main point of governing, is to make a good beginning.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.