Want of prudence is too frequently the want of virtue.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Taste is the power of relishing or rejecting whatever is offered for the entertainment of the imagination.

O friendship! thou fond soother of the human breast, to thee we fly in every calamity; to thee the wretched seek for succor; on thee the care-tired son of misery fondly relies; from thy kind assistance the unfortunate always hopes relief, and may be sure of--disappointment.

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

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

O Luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree!