I never knew any man cured of inattention.

Reason is a very light rider, and easily shook off.

I have now lost my barrier between me and death; God grant I may live to be as well prepared for it, as I confidently believe her to have been! If the way to Heaven be through piety, truth, justice and charity, she is there.

All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.

Vision is the Art of seeing Things invisible.

Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events.

Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them.