Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in "speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune.

Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort.

The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.