The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

The jealous man's disease is of so malignant a nature, that it converts all it takes into its own nourishment.

A fine coat is but a livery when the person who wears it discovers no higher sense than that of a footman.

It is of unspeakable advantage to possess our minds with an habitual good intention, and to aim all our thoughts, words, and actions at some laudable end.

The moderns cannot reach their beauties, but can avoid their imperfections.

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