Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart

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

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

It is a wonderful thing that so many, and they not reckoned absurd, shall entertain those with whom they converse by giving them the history of their pains and aches and imagine such narrations their quota of conversation.

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.

Since we cannot promise our selves constant health, let us endeavour at such temper as may be our best support in the decay of it.