There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

Nothing is more common than for men to make partial and absurd distinctions between vices of equal enormity, and to observe some of the divine commands with great scrupulousness, while they violate others, equally important, without any concern, or the least apparent conciousness of guilt. Alas, it is only wisdom which perceives this tragedy.

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.

No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

People have now a-days got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do as much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken.