Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
The great source of pleasure is variety.
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.