To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man.
There’s bad folk everywhere, and what’s far worse, weak ones.
There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world and among cold, proud people.
No class of man is altogether bad, but each has its own faults and virtues.
It’s a chief principle in military affairs to go where ye are least expected.
I’ve a grand memory for forgetting.
I often think the happiest consequences seem to flow when a gentleman consults his lawyer, and takes all the law allows him.
I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.