The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it.

There are certain topicks which are never exhausted. Of some images and sentiments the mind of man may be said to be enamoured; it meets them, however often they occur, with the same ardour which a lover feels at the sight of his mistress, and parts from them with the same regret when they can no longer be enjoyed.

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.

We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for a time they are not remembered; he may, therefore, justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind.