There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.

The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers.

Music can noble hints impart, Engender fury, kindle love, With unsuspected eloquence can move, And manage all the man with secret art.

He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.

There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity, which is what we express by the word Good-Breeding.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.