The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is little grief; they see their friend fall without any of that lamentation which is indulged in security and idleness, because they have no leisure to spare from the care of themselves; and whoever shall keep his thoughts equally busy will find himself equally unaffected with irretrievable losses.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant

That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness can require, will be allowed by those who wish to elevate the character of a scholar; since they cannot but know that every human acquisition is valuable in proportion to the difficulty of its attainment.

It is incident to physicians, I am afraid, beyond all other men, to mistake subsequence for consequence.

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.