No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had

Wretched un-idea'd girls.

How gloomy would be the mansions of the dead to him who did not know that he should never die: that what now acts shall continue its agency, and what now thinks shall think on forever!

The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.

I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.

By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution.

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability.