There is no virtue which does not rejoice a well-descended nature; there is a kind of I know not what congratulation in well-doing, that gives us an inward satisfaction, and a certain generous boldness that accompanies a good conscience.

The premeditation of death is the premeditation of liberty; he who has learnt to die has forgot to serve.

An honest man is not accountable for the vice and folly of his trade, and therefore ought not to refuse the exercise of it. It is the custom of his country, and there is profit in it. We must live by the world, and such as we find it, so make use of it.

We cannot fail in following nature.

In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.

Amongst so many borrowed things, am glad if I can steal one, disguising and altering it for some new service.

It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness.