True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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.

Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.

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

A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and satires that are written with wit and spirit are like poisoned darts, which not only inflict a wound, but make it incurable.

The gloomy months of November, when the people of England hang and drown themselves.