Sensuality not only debases both body and mind, but dulls the keen edge of pleasure.
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered how wonderfully pleasant it is to the generality of the public to see the folly of their acquaintance exposed by a third person.
A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.