Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth is, that there is very little hypocrisy in the world.

Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money for the first time upon her marriage, has such a gust in spending it, that she throws it away with great profusion.

God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?