If a man begins to read in the middle of a book, and feels an inclination to go on, let him not quit it to go to the beginning. He may perhaps not feel again the inclination.

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.

Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.

Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.

The labor of rising from the ground will be great, ... but as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished till we arrive at a region where the man will float in the air without any tendency to fall.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.