I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its venom, like that of the rattlesnake, when most poisonous, clouds the eye of the reptile, and defeats its aim.

Our possessions are wholly in our performances. He owns nothing to whom the world owes nothing.

No errors of opinion can possibly be dangerous in a country where opinion is left free to grapple with them.

I know not that there is anything in nature more soothing to the mind than the contemplation of the moon, sailing, like some planetary bark, amidst a sea of bright azure. The subject is certainly hackneyed; the moon has been sung by poet and poetaster. Is there any marvel that it should be so?

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.