Nothing concentrates one's mind so much as the realization that one is going to be hanged in the morning!

You cannot give me an instance of any man who is permitted to lay out his own time contriving not to have tedious hours.

Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.

Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.

The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs.

Misfortunes should always be expected.

The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an individual weight of calumny will be super-added.