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

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

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

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Nothing lies on our hands with such uneasiness as time. Wretched and thoughtless creatures! In the only place where covetousness were a virtue we turn prodigals.

If ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly, it might be of some use.