There is no kind of false wit which has been so recommended by the practice of all ages, as that which consists in a jingle of words, and is comprehended under the general name of punning.

There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance

It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less.

The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

There is nothing in which men more deceive themselves than in what they call zeal.

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.

A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor.