Suspicion Is Very Often A Useless Pain.

The Maxim Of Cleobulus, "mediocrity Is Best," Has Been Long Considered A Universal Principle, Extending Through The Whole Compass Of Life And Nature. The Experience Of Every Age Seems To Have Given It New Confirmation, And To Show That Nothing, However Specious Or Alluring, Is Pursued With Propriety Or Enjoyed With Safety Beyond Certain Limits.

A Man May Be Very Sincere In Good Principles, Without Having Good Practice.

A Man, Sir, Should Keep His Friendship In A Constant Repair.

Happiness Consists In The Multiplicity Of Agreeable Consciousness.

I Have Adopted The Roman Sentiment, That It Is More Honorable To Save A Citizen Than To Kill An Enemy.