The love of fame is a passion natural and universal, which no man, however high or mean, however wise or ignorant, was yet able to despise.

He that is warm for truth, and fearless in its defense, performs one of the duties of a good man; he strenghtens his own conviction, and guards others from delusion; but steadiness of belief, and boldness of profession, are yet only part of the form of godliness.

Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened.

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.

Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.