Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.

A life of action and danger moderates the dread of death.

Want of principle is power. Truth and honesty set a limit to our efforts, which impudence and hypocrisy easily overleap.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's.