An atheist is more reclaimable than a papist, as ignorance is sooner cured than superstition.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

So long as a man rides his hobbyhorse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him - pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?

There are many ways of inducing sleep--the thinking of purling rills, or waving woods; reckoning of numbers; droppings from a wet sponge fixed over a brass pan, etc. But temperance and exercise answer much better than any of these succedaneums.

It is sweet to feel by what fine spun threads our affections are drawn together.

The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.