Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.

Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought.

The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion--a form of knowledge without the power of it.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.

The world is so full of ill-nature that I have lampoons sent me by people who cannot spell, and satires composed by those who scarce know how to write.