I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings.

I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.

Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.

People are never so near playing the fool as when they think themselves wise.

The most romantic region of every country is that where the mountains unite themselves with the plains or lowlands.

Philosophy is the toil which can never tire persons engaged in it. All ways are strewn with roses, and the farther you go, the more enchanting objects appear before you and invite you on.

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!