No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.

How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.

There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.