Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.