The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.

Ancient travelers guessed; modern travelers measure.

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to another, if, content to be understood, he did not seek to be admired.

Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

In all pleasures hope is a considerable part.

Faction seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him.