I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him

The person, whom you favored with a loan, if he be a good man, will think himself in your debt after he has paid you.

It is a very melancholy reflection that men are usually so weak that it is absolutely necessary for them to know sorrow and pain to be in their right senses.