He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy!
The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another; to dress and to undress, to eat and to sleep, are the same in London as in the country.
No man hates him at whom he can laugh.
I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.