No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

Such is the constitution of Man that labor may be said to be its own re-ward.

Politeness is fictitious benevolence.

Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.

The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

Nobody can be taught faster than he can learn.