Next in criminality to him who violates the laws of his country, is he who violates the language.

We talk on principal, but act on motivation.

That which moveth the heart most is the best poetry; it comes nearest unto God, the source of all power.

Despotism sits nowhere so secure as under the effigy and ensigns of freedom.

A little praise is good for a shy temper; it teaches it to rely on the kindness of others.

We must distinguish between felicity and prosperity; for prosperity leads often to ambition, and ambition to disappointment; the course is then over, the wheel turns round but once, while the reaction of goodness and happiness is perpetual.

True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.