We care not how many see us in choler, when we rave and bluster, and make as much noise and bustle as we can; but if the kindest and most generous affection comes across us, we suppress every sign of it, and hide ourselves in nooks and covert.

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

Virtue is presupposed in friendship.

Principles do not mainly influence even the principled; we talk on principle, but we act on interest.

Great men too often have greater faults than little men can find room for.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.