What can that man fear who takes care to please a Being that is able to crush all his adversaries?

It is folly to seek the approbation of any being besides the Supreme.

An honest man, that is not quite sober, has nothing to fear.

It is impossible for authors to discover beauties in one another's works; they have eyes only for spots and blemishes.

The passion for praise, which is so very vehement in the fair sex, produces excellent effects in women of sense, who desire to be admired for that which only deserves admiration.

We make provisions for this life as if it were never to have an end, and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck. A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.