The ruin of a State is generally preceded by an universal degeneracy of manners and contempt of religion.

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.

When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.

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