Villainy, when detected, never gives up, but boldly adds impudence to imposture.
He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.
As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.
Grace comes into the soul, as the morning sun into the world; first a dawning, then a light; and at last the sun in his full and excellent brightness.
A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.
That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.
A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable.
Mistakes can't be erased, but they move you from your present position.
Nobody has single-handedly done more for the U. S. than me.