We are always doing,' says he, 'something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.'

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of others.

If you wish success in life make perseverance your bosom friend.

When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, / The post of honor is a private station.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails and impious men bear away, the post of honor is a private station.

He who would pass the declining years of his life with honor and comfort should, when young, consider that he may one day become old. and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young.

There is no defence against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness, as satires and invectives were an essential part of a Roman triumph.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do; something to love and something to hope for.