Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered how much happiness is gained, and how much misery escaped, by frequent and violent agitation of the body.

A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.

Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.

Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign the use of their own eyes and ears, and resolve to believe nothing that does not favor those whom they profess to follow.

It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.