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.

It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.

Misfortunes should always be expected.

Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

To be prejudiced is always to be weak