The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.

There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.

If a man has a science to learn he must regularly and resolutely advance.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.

The coquette has companions, indeed, but no lovers,--for love is respectful and timorous; and where among her followers will she find a husband?

To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and he is by no means to be accounted useless or idle, who has stored his mind with acquired knowledge, and can detail it occasionally to others who have less leisure or weaker abilities.