"The principles now planted in thy bosom will grow, and one day reach maturity; and in that maturity thou wilt find thy heaven or thy hell."

"But O the truth, the truth. The many eyes That look on it! The diverse things they see."

"Who overcomes by force hath overcome but half his foe."

"The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct."

"One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born."

"There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted."

"Be mild with the mild, shrewd with the crafty, confiding to the honest, rough to the ruffian, and a thunderbolt to the liar. But in all this, never be unmindful of your own dignity."

"Human nature constitutes a part of the evidence in every case."

"Advice is judged by results, not by intentions."

"Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them."

"Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour."

"To all, to each, a fair good night, And pleasing dreams, and slumbers light."

"Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind."

"Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination."

"So may he rest, his faults lie gently on him!"

"Glory built on selfish principles is shame and guilt."

"Assume a virtue, if you have it not."

"Art may make a suit of clothes: but nature must produce a man."