Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
True wit, to every man, is that which falls on another.
Friendships are the purer and the more ardent, the nearer they come to the presence of God, the Sun not only of righteousness but of love.
Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.
Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.