Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

And learn the luxury of doing good.

Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other country. It is among the vulgar we are to find those distinctions which characterize a people.

We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

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

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.