Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man who comes to relieve it.

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

As boys should be educated with temperance, so the first greatest lesson that should be taught them is to admire frugality. It is by the exercise of this virtue alone they can ever expect to be useful members of society.

Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain.

The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.