Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.

Friendship is like those ancient altars where the unhappy, and even the guilty, found a sure asylum.

Liberty must be a mighty thing; for by it God punishes and rewards nations.

Those who make us happy are always thankful to us for being so; their gratitude is the reward of their benefits.

America has begun her career at the culminating point of life, as Adam did at the age of thirty.

Feeling loves a subdued light.