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.

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is strange is delightful, and a pleasing error is not willingly detected.

Riches exclude only one inconvenience,--that is, poverty.

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity.

To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and he is by no means to be accounted useless or idle, who has stored his mind with acquired knowledge, and can detail it occasionally to others who have less leisure or weaker abilities.