It appears to be among the laws of nature, that the mighty of intellect should be pursued and carped by the little, as the solitary flight of one great bird is followed by the twittering petulance of many smaller.

Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.

States, like men, have their growth, their manhood, their decrepitude, their decay.

Justice is often pale and melancholy; but Gratitude, her daughter, is constantly in the flow of spirits and the bloom of loveliness.

Consult duty not events.

Great men always pay deference to greater.

Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.