Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.

There's one fool at least in every married couple.

A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.

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

We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.