A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

Avarice is always poor.

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.

Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be treated here as they deserve, and there are many who have no claim either to respect or decency.

Faction seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him.

In proportion as our cares are employed upon the future, they are abstracted from the present, from the only time which we can call our own, and of which, if we neglect the apparent duties to make provision against visionary attacks, we shall certainly counteract our own purpose.