Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.

Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.

Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.

They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.