If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.

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

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

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

Riches seldom make their owners rich.