. . . men seldom risk their lives where an escape is without hope of recompense.
To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit.
People who live together naturally catch the looks and air of one another and without having one feature alike, they contract a something in the whole countenance which strikes one as a resemblance
I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.
falsehood is not more unjustifiable than unsafe.
... there's nothing but quarreling with the women; it's my belief they like it better than victuals and drink.