For, if we take an examination of what is generally understood by happiness, as it has respect either to the understanding or the senses, we shall find all its properties and adjuncts will herd under this short definition: that it is a perpetual possession of being well deceived.

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

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.

If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.

It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday