Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he is much less able to supply himself with domestick comforts

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as he stands upon the same precipice, be swept away with the same violence

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confess'd,- Slow rises worth by poverty depress'd

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow

Our aspirations are our possibilities