It is better to be idle than employed in ill.

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.

Some men are tempted to violate secrecy from the uneasiness secrecy gives them, and others, merely to impress you with the extent of their confidence.

As evacuation eases the body, so occasional ejectment of passion seems to appease the agonies of the soul, and dispose to tranquility the agitations of the heart.

I've always been very averse to innuendo, especially sexual. I find it cowardly or something.

Liberty, like health, appears most precious when lost.

The character of giving advice often makes us accountable for the conduct of those we advise.