What we read with inclination makes a much stronger impression. If we read without inclination, half the mind is employed in fixing the attention; so there is but one half to be employed on what we read.

Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

To read, write, and converse in due proportions, is, therefore, the business of a man of letters.

Poetry cannot be translation

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

Where necessity ends, desire and curiosity begin; and no sooner are we supplied with everything nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.