No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures.

Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is conferred.