Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.

Leisure, the highest happiness upon earth, is seldom enjoyed with perfect satisfaction, except in solitude. Indolence and indifference do not always afford leisure; for true leisure is frequently found in that interval of relaxation which divides a painful duty from an agreeable recreation; a toilsome business from the more agreeable occupations of literature and philosophy.

Never suffer the prejudice of the eye to determine the heart.

The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.

Do not think that your Learning and Genius, your Wit or Sprightliness, are welcome everywhere. I was once told that my Company was disagreeable because I appeared so uncommonly happy.

Troops of furies march in the drunkard's triumph.

The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.