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

How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.

The most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.

A nice man is a man of nasty ideas.

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.

Just get the right syllable in the proper place.