Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.

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

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

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 married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.

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 has been a sort of maxim, that the greatest art is to conceal art; but I know not how, among some people we meet with, their greatest cunning is to appear cunning.