The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

People must be taken as they are, and we should never try make them or ourselves better by quarreling with them.

The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.

It is known that the taste--whatever it is--is improved exactly as we improve our judgment, by extending our knowledge, by a steady attention to our object, and by frequent exercise.

Never, no never, did Nature say one thing, and wisdom another.

A speculative despair is unpardonable where it our duty to act.