Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties. He who easily comprehends all that is before him, and soon exhausts any single subject, is always eager for new inquiries; and in proportion as the intellectual eye takes in a wider prospect, it must be gratified with variety, by more rapid flights and bolder excursions.

In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant.

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

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.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.