That we must all die, we always knew, I wish I had sooner remembred it.

Irresolution and mutability are often the faults of men whose views are wide, and whose imagination is vigorous and excursive.

A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.

The insolence of wealth will creep out.

Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.

We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.