Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.

Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.

Vices and frailties correct each other, like acids and alkalies. If each vicious man had but one vice, I do not know how the world could go on.

The best security against revolution is in constant correction of abuses and the introduction of needed improvements. It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Some persons resemble certain trees, such as the nut, which flowers in February and ripens its fruit in September; or the juniper and the arbutus; which take a whole year or more to perfect their fruit; and others, the cherry, which takes between two an three months.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

The relief that is afforded to mere want, as want, tends to increase that want.