We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.

I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.

We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself.

Sassafras wood boiled down to a kind of tea, and tempered with an infusion of milk and sugar hath to some a delicacy beyond the China luxury.

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!

The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.