One would fancy that the zealots in atheism would be exempt from the single fault which seems to grow out of the imprudent fervor of religion. But so it is, that irreligion is propagated with as much fierceness and contention, wrath and indignation, as if the safety of mankind depended upon it.

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.

It is always to be understood that a lady takes all you detract from the rest of her sex to be a gift to her.