Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.

However wretched a fellow-mortal may be, he is still a member of our common species.

Sovereignty over any foreign land is insecure.

Let him who has granted a favour speak not of it; let him who has received one, proclaim it.

He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.

If I only have the will to be grateful, I am so.

We pray for trifles without so much as a thought of the greatest blessings; and we are not ashamed many times, to ask God for that which we should blush to own to our neighbor.