The labor of rising from the ground will be great, ... but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished till we arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall.

A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.

Whoever desires, for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably contemn, the favour of mankind, must add grace to strength, and make his thoughts agreeable as well as useful. Many complain of neglect who never tried to attract regard.

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar