The heroes of literary history have been no less remarkable for what they have suffered than for what they have achieved.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.

The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still

A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit.