The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused

When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

Excise: A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.

Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty.