He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.

An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.

I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.

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.

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words.

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly

No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it.