What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not do we are told expressly.

I wonder what fool it was that first invented kissing.

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians - I will not speak of my own trade - soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell.

A pleasant companion is as good as a coach.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

Just get the right syllable in the proper place.

A true critic, in the perusal of a book, is like a dog at a feast, whose thoughts and stomach are wholly set upon what the guests fling away, and consequently is apt to snarl most when there are the fewest bones.