If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.

Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he wrote so admirably For instance, he tells us that the cow sheds her horns every two years; a most palpable error. ... It is wonderful that Buffon who lived so much in the country at his noble seat should have fallen into such a blunder I suppose he has confounded the cow with the deer.

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.

We must take our friends as they are.

All censure of a man's self is oblique praise.

I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.