Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.

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.

On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.

The beauty of stature is the only beauty of men.

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

I seek in the reading of books, only to please myself, by an honest diversion.

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.