Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

All men are equal before God: wisdom, talents, and virtue are the only difference between them.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

Ah, tenez, vous etes de la merde dans un bas de soie.

I am a parcel of vain strivings tied By a chance bond together, Dangling this way and that, their links Were made so loose and wide, Methinks, For milder weath…

...loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.

Auream quisquis mediocritatem diligit