Respect is better procured by exacting than soliciting it.

I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.

The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant.

Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception.

Men and statues that are admired ire an elevated situation have a very different effect upon us when we approach them; the first appear less than we imagined them, the last bigger.

We should do by our cunning as we do by our courage--always have it ready to defend ourselves, never to offend others.