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

E'en the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, and trodden weeds send out a rich perfume.

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.

Look what a little vain dust we are!

We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately found itself poor as soon as this vice got footing among them, though they were possessed of all the riches in the world.

As Vivacity is the Gift of Women, Gravity is that of Men.