Falsehoods of convenience or vanity, falsehoods from which no evil immediately visible ensues, except the general degradation of human testimony, are very lightly uttered, and once uttered are sullenly supported.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendor cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate.

Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place.

Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.