Nobody will keep the thing he hears to himself, and nobody will repeat just what he hears and no more.

There is nothing which persevering effort and unceasing and diligent care cannot accomplish.

Take away ambition and vanity, and where will be your heroes and patriots?

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

Drunkenness does not create vice; it merely brings it into view.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

As was his language so was his life.