A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.

Hope is necessary in every condition.