Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

The man who is wantonly profuse of his promises ought to sink his credit as much as a tradesman would by uttering a great number of promissory notes payable at a distant day. The truest conclusion in both cases is, that neither intend or will be able to pay. And as the latter most probably intends to cheat you of your money, so the former at least designs to cheat you of your thanks.