He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am.

Art hath an enemy called ignorance.

Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence behind him, the new generations have all to learn. There may possibly be books without a polished language, but there can be no polished language without books.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.