Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.

The human intellect owes its superiority over that of the lower animals in great measure to the stimulus which alcohol has given imagination.

The course of true anything never does run smooth.

The only absolute morality is absolute stagnation.

It is not sufficiently considered in the hour of exultation, that all human excellence is comparative; that no man performs much but in proportion to what other accomplish, or to the time and opportunities which have been allowed him.

The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is.

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.