Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

The soul may be compared to a field of battle, where the armies are ready every moment to encounter. Not a single vice but has a more powerful opponent, and not one virtue but may be overborne by a combination of vices.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

There is yet a silent agony in which the mind appears to disdain all external help, and broods over its distresses with gloomy reserve. This is the most dangerous state of mind; accidents or friendships may lessen the louder kinds of grief, but all remedies for this must be had from within, and there despair too often finds the most deadly enemy.

Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.

As few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.