I conceive that pleasures are to be avoided if greater pains be the consequence, and pains to be coveted that will terminate in greater pleasures.

If health and a fair day smile upon me, I am a very good fellow; if a corn trouble my toe, I am sullen, out of humor, and inaccessible.

The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law.

We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable.

I love a friendship that flatters itself in the sharpness and vigor of its communications.

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he arouses mistrust.

Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.