Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.

If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.

Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science.

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.