The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country.

Acquaintance I would have, but when it depends; not on number, but the choice of friends.

Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.

Sleep is a god too proud to wait in palaces, and yet so humble too as not to scorn the meanest country cottages.

Plenty, as well as Want, can separate friends.

As for being much known by sight, and pointed out, I cannot comprehend the honor that lies withal; whatsoever it be, every mountebank has it more than the best doctor.

It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him.