A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the Gazette, may easily creep into the advertisements; by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

It is odd to consider the connection between despotism and barbarity, and how the making one person more than man makes the rest less.

Devotion, when it does not lie under the check of reason, is apt to degenerate into enthusiasm.

Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.

A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.