No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

The more a man writes, the more he can write.

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave nor an honest man, but is a sort of whiffing, shuffling, cunning, silly, contemptible, unmeaning negation of the two.

We talk little when we do not talk about ourselves.

A lively blockhead in company is a public benefit. Silence or dulness by the side of folly looks like wisdom.

Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom it is sure to be doing the least possible good.