The laws keep up their credit, not by being just, but because they are laws; 'tis the mystic foundation of their authority; they have no other, and it well answers their purpose. They are often made by fools; still oftener by men who, out of hatred to equality, fail in equity; but always by men, vain and irresolute authors.

A man must live in the world and make the best of it, such as it is.

Books are a languid pleasure.

Pride dwells in the thought; the tongue can have but a very little share in it.

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

All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly.

I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.