Joy doesn't exist in the world, it exists in us.
Wine makes daily living easier, less hurried with fewer tensions and more tolerance.
I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me.
Slavery is ...an atrocious debasement of human nature.
Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.