Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

What is good only because it pleases cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please.

The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty.

Patience and submission are very carefully to be distinguished from cowardice and indolence. We are not to repine, but we may lawfully struggle; for the calamities of life, like the necessities of Nature, are calls to labor and diligence.

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.