Falsehood always endeavors to copy the mien and attitude of truth.

The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.

It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to be called, by the generality of mankind, a particular genius.

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.