Your aspirations are your possibilities.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Suspicion is very often a useless pain.