Dispatch is the soul of business.

Physical ills are the taxes laid upon this wretched life; some are taxed higher, and some lower, but all pay something.

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

The greatest powers cannot injure a man's character whose reputation is unblemished among his party.