Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

There is no permanent absolute unchangeable truth; what we should pursue is the most convenient arrangement of our ideas.

I fall asleep in the full and certain hope That my slumber shall not be broken; And that, though I be all-forgetting, Yet shall I not be all-forgotten, But continue that life in the thoughts and deeds of those I have loved.

How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him; for when he is once possessed with an error, it is, like a devil, only cast out with great difficulty.

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.

Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; as true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.