This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to stray from the course. Great abilities have always been less serviceable to the possessors than moderate ones.

Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.