Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.

Great vices are the proper objects of our detestation, smaller faults of our pity, but affectation appears to be the only true source of the ridiculous.

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.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence.