Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.
One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.
Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more easily restrained from giving it.
The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.