To buried merit rise the tardy bust.

Life is barren enough surely with all her trappings; let us be therefore cautious of how we strip her.

No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.