It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

He that is not open to conviction is not qualified for discussion.

The more secure we feel against our liability to any error to which, in fact, we are liable, the greater must be our danger of falling into it.

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe to God for any blessing, is, that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.

To be always thinking about your manners is not the way to make them good; the very perfection of manners is not to think about yourself.

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