Nature is a gentle guide, but not more sweet and gentle than prudent and just.

Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice; for indeed it seems we have no other test of truth and reason than the example and pattern of the opinions and customs of the country we live in

No man divulges his revenue, or at least which way it comes in: but every one publishes his acquisitions.

Marriage, a market which has nothing free but the entrance.

Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.

Greatness of soul consists not so much in soaring high and in pressing forward, as in knowing how to adapt and limit oneself.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.