My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons.
The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.
Pride, ill nature, and want of sense, are the three great sources of ill manners.
A carpenter is known by his chips.
What some people invent the rest enlarge.
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.