Genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.

I believe it will be found that those who marry late are best pleased with their children; and those who marry early, with their partners.

To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.