A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

The premises being thus settled, I proceed to observe that the concatenation of self-existence, proceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produces a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable.

All the sciences are, in some measure, linked with each other, and before the one is ended, the other begins.

There is a greatness in being generous, and there is only simple justice in satisfying creditors. Generosity is the part of the soul raised above the vulgar.

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well.

One man is born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and the other with a wooden ladle.

An emperor in his nightcap will not meet with half the respect of an emperor with a crown.