The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation

But authors before they write should read.

Wealth per se I never too much valued, and my acquaintance with its possessors has by no means increased my veneration for it.

You have sensible women here [in England] but then, they are very devils--censorious, uncharitable, sarcastic--the women in Scotland have twice--thrice their freedom, with all their virtue--and are very conversable and agreeable--their educations are more finished.

while we all desire to live long, we have all a horror of being old!

There si nothing upon the face of the earth so insipid as a medium. Give me love or hate! A friend that will go to jail for me, or an enemy that will run me through the body!

the mind naturally accommodates itself, even to the most ridiculous improprieties, if they occur frequently.