Differences, we know, are never so effectually laid asleep as by some common calamity; an enemy unites all to whom he threatens danger.

He that would travel for the entertainment of others should remember that the great object of remark is human life.

Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author.

General irregularities are known in time to remedy themselves. By the constitution of ancient Egypt, the priesthood was continually increasing, till at length there was no people beside themselves; the establishment was then dissolved, and the number of priests was reduced and limited. Thus among us, writers will, perhaps, be multiplied, till no readers will be found, and then the ambition of writing must necessarily cease.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.