Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Here lies David Garrick, describe me who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man.

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

The jests of the rich are ever successful.

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed on us by law.

There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.