There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

people never write calmly but when they write indifferently.

While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.

Life is too short for a long story

My dear Smollett ... disgraces his talent by writing those stupid romances called history.