It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage.

There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief of some pressing uneasiness, or the attainment of some near advantage.

A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company

The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.

Indolence is the devil's cushion.