The moral sense is always supported by the permanent interest of the parties. Else, I know not how, in our world, any good would ever get done.

When it comes to divide an estate, the politest men quarrel.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.

All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.

The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions.

Good criticism is very rare and always precious.

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.