Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.
The loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.
Wealth accumulates, and men decay.
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.
As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.