I also admit, that there are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits which are not good till they are rotten.

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

All unnecessary vows are folly, because they suppose a prescience of the future, which has not been given us.

Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.

No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated.

Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.

The end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing.