The great rule of moral conduct is next to God, respect time.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

He who can at all times sacrifice pleasure to duty approaches sublimity.

Just so far as we are pleased at finding faults, are we displeased at finding perfection.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

In the society of ladies, want of sense is not so unpardonable as want of manners.