The rich and luxurious may claim an exclusive right to those pleasures which are capable of being purchased by pelf, in which the mind has no enjoyment, and which only afford a temporary relief to languor by steeping the senses in forgetfulness; but in the precious pleasures of the intellect, so easily accessible by all mankind, the great have no exclusive privilege; for such enjoyments are only to be procured by our own industry.

Though fancy may be the patient's complaint, necessity is often the doctor's.

All our distinctions ire accidental; beauty and deformity, though personal qualities, are neither entitled to praise nor censure; yet it so happens that they color our opinion of those qualities to which mankind have attached responsibility.

A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.

Unless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none.

Nobility should be elective, not hereditary.

Thought and action are the redeeming features of our lives.