A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

The world will never be in any manner of order or tranquility until men are firmly convinced that conscience, honor and credit are all in one interest

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

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