He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.

Sleep is a state in which a great part of every life is passed. No animal has yet been discovered, whose existence is not varied with intervals of insensibility; and some late philosophers have extended the empire of sleep over the vegetable world.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

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

There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.