Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.

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

Gratitude is a species of justice.

The joy of life is variety.

Whoever shall review his life, will find that the whole tenor of his conduct has been determined by some accident of no apparent moment.

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.