Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.

Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber, and takes out our brains to make room for it.

Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested…