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

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

When we see our enemies and friends gliding away before us, let us not forget that we are subject to the general law of mortality, and shall soon be where our doom will be fixed forever.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.

Foppery is never cured; it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified; once a coxcomb always a coxcomb.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.