For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink of it deeply, or taste it not, for shallow thoughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking deeply sobers us again.

Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.

A family is but too often a commonwealth of malignants.

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate.

One self-approving hour whole years outweighs.

Fine sense and exalted sense are not half so useful as common sense.