Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct

When a Man is tried of London, he is tired of life.

I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.

The botanist looks upon the astronomer as a being unworthy of his regard; and he that is glowing great and happy by electrifying a bottle wonders how the world can be engaged by trifling prattle about war and peace.

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without knowing that they are common to all the rest of the species; and, therefore, though he will not be less sensible of pain by being told that others are equally tormented, he will at least be freed from the temptation of seeking, by perpetual changes, that ease which is no where to be found, and though his diseases still continue, he escapes the hazard of exasperating it by remedies.

Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.