There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.

Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.

It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance. Seeing nothing that can darken or embarrass the question, they expect to find their own opinion universally prevalent, and are inclined to impute uncertainty and hesitation to want of honesty, rather than of knowledge.