It is our first duty to serve society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

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

A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.

Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.

It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or permanent happiness but by the forbearance of some immediate gratification.

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.