Conscience is a judge in every man's breast, which none can cheat or corrupt, and perhaps the only incorrupt thing about him; yet, inflexible and honest as this judge is (however polluted the bench on which he sits), no man can, in my opinion, enjoy any applause which is not there adjudged to be his due.

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.

He that dies before sixty, of a cold or consumption, dies, in reality, by a violent death.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.

Sensuality not only debases both body and mind, but dulls the keen edge of pleasure.

He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.