It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.

From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will find most alleviations.

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.

You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally written.

No knowledge is useless, with the exception of heraldry.