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.

I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home.

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

Those who would extirpate evil from the world know little of human nature. As well might punch be palatable without souring as existence agreeable without care.

The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.