I am a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has, for twenty years, diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and, with tea, welcomes the morning.

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

Good breeding consists in having no particular mark of any profession, but a general elegance of manners.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to farther progress.

We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it.