There is a sort of economy in Providence that one shall excel where another is defective, in order to make men more useful to each other, and mix them in society.

If there's a power above us, (And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works,) he must delight in virtue.

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.

A jealous man is very quick in his application: he knows how to find a double edge in an invective, and to draw a satire on himself out of a panegyrick on another.

The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.

We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments.

Men who cherish for women the highest respect are seldom popular with them.