The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.

Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.

Few are qualified to shine in company, but it is in most men's power to be agreeable.

This wine should be eaten, it is too good to be drunk.

It is pleasant to observe how free the present age is in laying taxes on the next. "Future ages shall talk of this; they shall be famous to all posterity;" whereas their time and thoughts will be taken up about present things, as ours are now.

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.