We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.

As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are, so the sceptic, in a vain attempt to be wise beyond what is permitted to man, plunges into a darkness more deplorable, and a blindness more incurable than that of the common herd, whom he despises, and would fain instruct.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.

The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more to fear from the deficiency of truth than from its abundance.

The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.

Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.