It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has, for himself, neither hope nor fear, neither kindness nor resentment, but refers every thing to the common interest

What is easy is seldom excellent.

The business of life summons us away from useless grief, and calls us to the exercise of those virtues of which we are lamenting our deprivation.

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the desire of fond endearments and tender officiousness; and, therefore, no one should think it unnecessary to learn those arts by which friendship may be gained.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.