It is wonderful what a difference learning makes upon people even in the common intercourse of life, which does not appear to be much connected with it.

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror, or to beset life with supernumerary distresses.

Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.

What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?

All history was at first oral.

When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.