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

We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up a temporary knowledge of an art or science, of which they understood nothing till their brief was delivered, and appear to be much masters of it.

Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most rational and agreeable manner is one of the great arts of living.

Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.

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.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.