Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

Nothing but the right can ever be expedient, since that can never be true expediency which would sacrifice a great good to a less.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Reason can no more influence the will, and operate as a motive, than the eyes which show a man his road can enable him to move from place to place, or that a ship provided with a compass can sail without a wind.

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.

Better too much form than too little.