Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

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.