Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every Nation has something peculiar in its Manufactures, its Works of Genius, its Medicines, its Agriculture, its Customs, and its Policy. He only is a useful Traveller, who brings home something by which his country may be benefited; who procures some supply of Want, or some mitigation of Evil, which may enable his readers to compare their condition with that of others, to improve it whenever it is worse, and whenever it is better to enjoy it.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence.

Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

Prosperity's right hand is industry and her left hand is frugality.