Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.

The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

A poet who makes use of a worse word instead of a better, because the former fits the rhyme or the measure, though it weakens the sense, is like a jeweller, who cuts a diamond into a brilliant, and diminishes the weight to make it shine more.

Justice is rather the activity of truth, than a virtue in itself. Truth tells us what is due to others, and justice renders that due. Injustice is acting a lie.

The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.

The sure way of judging whether our first thoughts are judicious, is to sleep on them. If they appear of the same force the next morning as they did over night, and if good nature ratifies what good sense approves, we may be pretty sure we are in the right.

Letters to absence can a voice impart, And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart.