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

A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

No wonder, Sir, that he is vain; a man who is perpetually flattered in every mode that can be conceived. So many bellows have blown the fire, that one wonders he is not by this time become a cinder.

Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.