It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.
The repose of nations cannot be secure without arms, armies cannot be maintained without pay, nor can the pay be produced without taxes
The unknown always passes for the marvellous.
A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.