There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has given him something peculiar to himself.

Men become friends by a community of pleasures.

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Those that walk with vigor, three hours a day, will pass in seven years a space equal to the circumference of the globe.

He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

That we must all die, we always knew, I wish I had sooner remembred it.

Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal.