Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.

To speak highly of one with whom we are intimate is a species of egotism. Our modesty as well as our jealousy teaches us caution on this subject.

Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.

A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51.

Faith is necessary to victory.

Talent is the capacity of doing anything that depends on application and industry and it is a voluntary power, while genius is involuntary.

Good temper is an estate for life.