Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts old age is slow in both.
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
As vivacity is the gift of women gravity is that of men.
I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform manner.
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in proper figures.
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.
The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the cru...
Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend.
Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through...
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.