A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay,- A cap by night, a stocking all the day.
True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.
Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing.
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.