Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt.

A silent address is the genuine eloquence of sincerity.

Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.