As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest.

Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

The lives of great men cannot be writ with any tolerable degree of elegance or exactness within a short time after their decease.

There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.

A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a fine picture in a good light, and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful sex all over charms.

All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter