Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

In such a government as ours no man is appointed to an office because he is the fittest for it--nor hardly in any other government--because there are so many connections and dependencies to be studied.

I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.

A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice.

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.