As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.

If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to the gross employments of rusticks or mechanics, so the most heroick sentiments will lose their efficacy