Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution: he may have nothing to say.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Philosophy has often attempted to repress insolence by asserting that all conditions are leveled by death; a position which, however it may defect the happy, will seldom afford much comfort to the wretched.

That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.