Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

The little mind who loves itself, will wr'te and think with the vulgar; but the great mind will be bravely eccentric, and scorn the beaten road, from universal benevolence.

Crimes generally punish themselves.

Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.

The ambitious are forever followed by adulation for they receive the most pleasure from flattery.

The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind.

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.