An English man does not travel to see English men.

A man cannot dress, but his ideas get cloath'd at the same time.

I would go fifty miles on foot to kiss the hand of that man whose generous heart will give up the reins of his imagination into his Author's hands; be pleased, he knows not why, and cares not wherefore.

Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.

Shall we for ever make new books, as apothecaries make new mixtures, by pouring only out of one vessel into another?

Digressions incontestably are the sunshine; they are the life, the soul of reading.