Honesty is one part of eloquence. We persuade others by being in earnest ourselves.

He who does nothing renders himself incapable of doing any thing; but while we are executing any work, we are preparing and qualifying ourselves to undertake another.

The imagination is of so delicate a texture that even words wound it.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

I am proud up to the point of equality; everything above or below that appears to me arrant impertinence or abject meanness.

Confidence gives a fool the advantage over a wise man.

Principle is a passion for truth.