Greatness of any kind has no greater foe than a habit of drinking.

I envy thee not thy faith, which is ever in thy mouth but never in thy heart nor in thy practice

To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.

Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it.

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.

War is the only game in which both sides lose.