There's no nation under the sun can beat the English for ill-politeness: for my part, I hate the very sight of them; and so I shall only just visit a person of quality or two of my particular acquaintance, and then I shall go back again to France.

To save the mind from preying inwardly upon itself, it must be encouraged to some outward pursuit.

But how cool, how quiet is true courage!

To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.

Concealment is the foe of tranquility.

I'd rather be done any thing to than laughed at, for, to my mind, it's one or other the disagreeablest thing in the world.

to be sure, marriage is all in all with the ladies; but with us gentlemen it's quite another thing!