To be prejudiced is always to be weak; yet there are prejudices so near to laudable that they have been often praised and are always pardoned.

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Long customs are not easily broken; he that attempts to change the course of his own life very often labors in vain; and how shall we do that for others, which we are seldom able to do for ourselves.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.