Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.

He that shall peruse the political pamphlets of any past reign will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised.

Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Mutual complacency is the atmosphere of conjugal love.

No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations than those by which a man computes the force of his own genius.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom