The man who lives by hope, will die by hunger.

Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.

The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are true.

A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.

A brother's sufferings claim a brother's pity.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

It was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken occasion to repeat it, that a good face is a letter of recommendation.