Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.
A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.
I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.
The worst evils are those that never arrive.
All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us.
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.