I never knew any man cured of inattention.

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.

In men desire begets love, and in women love begets desire.

Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.

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

Had Windham possessed discretion in debate, or Sheridan in conduct, they might have ruled their age.

When we are old, our friends find it difficult to please us, and are less concerned whether we be pleased or not.