On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it; you will dry it away. Be always busy.

But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure; the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites; and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind.

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are correct.