The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place.

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.

Trust as little as you can to report, and examine all you can by your own senses.

Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.