Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty.

Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.

Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few materials for its own operations, and preserves safety, but never gains supremacy.

The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.

You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.

Wealth is nothing in itself; it is not useful but when it departs from us.

An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.