...a common observation, that few are mended by imprisonment, and that he, whose crimes have made confinement necessary, seldom makes any other use of his enlargement, than to do, with greater cunning, what he did before with less.

Inquiries into the heart are not for man.

Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly.

All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser.

I do not see, Sir, that it is reasonable for a man to be angry at another, whom a woman has preferred to him; but angry he is, no doubt; and he is loath to be angry at himself.

Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise.

Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.