Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without partaking of his pain; nor in joy, without partaking of his pleasure.

Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.

A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible of, and of which every other is equally sensible. Yours and mine are terms in all languages, familiar among savages, and understood even by children. This is a fact, which every human creature can testify.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.