Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.

They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.

One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.

Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign the use of their own eyes and ears, and resolve to believe nothing that does not favor those whom they profess to follow.

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Spite and ill-nature are among the most expensive luxuries in life.