He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the pleasure of possession, will be for some time our sorrow for the loss.

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.

New arts are long in the world before poets describe them; for they borrow everything from their predecessors, and commonly derive very little from nature or from life.

I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

The insolence of wealth will creep out.

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.