Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library.
Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest.
It is as wise to moderate our belief as our desires.
Fame often rests at first upon something accidental, and often, too, is swept away, or for a time removed; but neither genius nor glory, is conferred at once, nor do they glimmer and fall, like drops in a grotto, at a shout.
Experience is our only teacher both in war and peace.
Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.