Shall I faint, now that I have poured out the spirit of my mind to the world, and treated many subjects with truth, with freedom, with power, because I have been followed with one cry of abuse ever since for not being a Government tool?

As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence; and we become misers in this respect.

Familiarity confounds all traits of distinction; interest and prejudice take away the power of judging.

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them.

We go on a journey to be free of all impediments; to leave ourselves behind much more than to get rid of others

There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness and decision of character.