You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.

Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most serve for instructors.

Aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.

Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side.

Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity.

Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.