We are all of us richer than we think we are.

My trade and art is to live.

Friendship is the highest degree of perfection in society.

Obstinacy and heat in argument are surest proofs of folly. Is there anything so stubborn, obstinate, disdainful, contemplative, grave, or serious, as an ass?

Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.

Books are pleasant, but if by being over-studious we impair our health and spoil our good humour, two of the best things we have, let us give it over. I, for my part, am one of those who think no fruit derived from them can recompense so great a loss.