The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.