The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

Political truth is libel; religious truth, blasphemy.

Persons of slender intellectual stamina dread competition, as dwarfs are afraid of being run over in the street.

In public speaking, we must appeal either to the prejudices of others, or to the love of truth and justice. If we think merely of displaying our own ability, we shall ruin every cause we undertake.

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.

Life is a continued struggle to be what we are not, and to do what we cannot.

The most fluent talkers or most plausible reasoners are not always the justest thinkers.