Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

Force shites upon Reason's Back.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

If we lose our Money, it gives us some Concern. If we are cheated or robb'd of it, we are angry: But Money lost may be found; what we are robb'd of may be restored: The Treasure of Time once lost, can never be recovered; yet we squander it as tho' 'twere nothing worth, or we had no Use for it.