Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.

If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.

My nose itched, and I knew I should drink wine or kiss a fool.

The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.

I cannot but conclude that the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious Race of little odious Vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the Surface of the Earth.

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.

May you live all the days of your life.