I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty.

If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him.

Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.

History can be formed from permanent monuments and records; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less, and in a short time is lost forever.

The truly strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.