Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.

Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end.

Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery.

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

The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of those which are now before it.

Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice, that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right.

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.