The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

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

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

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

Every physician almost hath his favourite disease.

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.

Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.