Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight.

Learn that the present hour alone is man's.

Truth, Sir, is a cow which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.

The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.

It is almost always the unhappiness of a victorious disputant to destroy his own authority by claiming too many consequences, or diffusing his proposition to an indefensible extent.

Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly.

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.