Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but interest, and to lose shame without substituting virtue.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.