The exceptions of the scrupulous put one in mind of some general pardons where everything is forgiven except crimes.

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

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

Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles there little fancy on every occasion, it never enters the great and good mind but on the strongest motives; nor is it then a welcome guest,--affording only an uneasy sensation, and bringing always with it a mixture of concern and compassion.

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.