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

There is always something a woman will prefer to the truth.

The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.

Whatever you have spend less.

General irregularities are known in time to remedy themselves. By the constitution of ancient Egypt, the priesthood was continually increasing, till at length there was no people beside themselves; the establishment was then dissolved, and the number of priests was reduced and limited. Thus among us, writers will, perhaps, be multiplied, till no readers will be found, and then the ambition of writing must necessarily cease.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.