In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.

Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.

If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

All ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet, a man of the world should know them. They are the outworks of Mannersand Decency, which would be too often broken in upon, if it were not for that defence, which keeps the enemy at a proper distance.

It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company; but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.