He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to justify his resistance to power.

The perfect day for quitting is not real. It will never come, so might as well start today

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Allegories drawn to great length will always break.

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

To buried merit rise the tardy bust.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.