A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.

Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow, - attend to the history of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia.

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.

It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility.

The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.

Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.