Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence? Indeed, it is sometimes difficult to determine, whether the relater or the receiver of evil tidings is most to be pitied.

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

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

To a heart formed for friendship and affection the charms of solitude are very short-lived.

Money is the source of the greatest vice, and that nation which is most rich, is most wicked.

But authors before they write should read.

Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence? Indeed, it is sometimes difficult to determine, whether the relater or the receiver of evil tidings is most to be pitied.