A thorough-paced antiquary not only remembers what all other people have thought proper to forget, but he also forgets what all other people think is proper to remember.

It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.

It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.

It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors

So blinded are we by our passions, that we suffer more to be damned than to be saved.

Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec.