When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.
Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.
Some slaves are scoured to their work by whips, others by their restlessness and ambition.
We have seen when the earth had to be prepared for the habitation of man, a veil, as it were, of intermediate being was spread between him and its darkness, in which were joined in a subdued measure, the stability and insensibility of the earth, and the passion and perishing of mankind.
Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.
The force of the guinea you have in your pocket depends wholly on the default of a guinea in your neighbour's pocket. If he did not want it, it would be of no use to you.