We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

As the greatest liar tells more truths than falsehoods, so may it be said of the worst man, that he does more good than evil.

The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions.

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.

Ease, a neutral state between pain and pleasure ... if it is not rising into pleasure will be falling towards pain.