Men go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it, they cannot escape from it, because it is then too late to choose another profession; as indeed is generally the case with men, when they have once engaged in any particular way of life.

No man hates him at whom he can laugh.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.

There is a frightful interval between the seed and the timber.