A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which, at the time of regular payment, will be missed and regretted.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

No man was ever great by imitation.

When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.