It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.

Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.