Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.
A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.
Sir, when you have seen one green field, you have seen all green fields. Let us walk down Cheapside.
No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.